before the copyright royalty judges library of …

Before the COPYRIGHT ROYALTY JUDGES

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Washington, D.C.

) In The Matter Of: ) ) Determination of Royalty Rates ) 14-CRB-0001-WR (2016-2020) for Digital Performance in Sound ) Recordings and Ephemeral ) Recordings (Web IV) ) )

WRITTEN DIRECT STATEMENT OF

THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS NONCOMMERCIAL MUSIC LICENSE COMMITTEE, INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION

Karyn K. Ablin (D.C. Bar No. 454473) [email protected] Jennifer L. Elgin (DC Bar No. 432975) WILEY REIN LLP 1776 K St. NW Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 202-719-7000 Facsimile: 202-719-7049 Counsel for the National Association of

Broadcasters

October 7, 2014

INDEX OF THE WRITTEN DIRECT STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS NONCOMMERCIAL MUSIC LICENSE COMMITTEE, INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION

Tab Description Sponsored By

Introductory Memorandum

Introductory Memorandum to the Written Direct Statement of the National Religious Broadcasters

Noncommercial Music License Committee, Including Educational Media Foundation

Proposed Rates and Terms

Rate and Term Proposal for NRBNMLC

Emert Written Direct Testimony of Joseph Emert

Henes Written Direct Testimony of Gene Henes

NRBNMLC Ex. 1

NewLife FM Program Schedule Joseph Emert

NRBNMLC Ex. 2

Sample webpages from NewLife FM website Joseph Emert

NRBNMLC Ex. 3

Email Correspondence from artist Sabina on October 1, 2014

Joseph Emert

NRBNMLC Ex. 4

Email Correspondence from artist Elizabeth South on February 13, 2013

Joseph Emert

NRBNMLC Ex. 5

Email Correspondence from Fred Tag on July 28, 2014

Joseph Emert

NRBNMLC Ex. 6

Email Correspondence from Billy Smiley on February 3, 2013

Joseph Emert

NRBNMLC Ex. 7

Email Correspondence from Antonio Phelon on July 9, 2013

Joseph Emert

NRBNMLC Ex. 8

Sample Correspondence from promoters and artists’ agencies regarding artist plays

Joseph Emert

NRBNMLC Ex. 9

WMVV Securenet Systems streaming data for U.S. Markets

Joseph Emert

NRBNMLC Ex. WMVV Securenet Systems streaming data for Joseph Emert

10 Average listener sessions by hour of day

NRBNMLC Ex. 11

Program Guide for Good News Radio Gene Henes

NRBNMLC Ex. 12

Program Guide for Tri-State Praise KGCR Gene Henes

NRBNMLC Ex. 13

Program Guide for KGCR Classic Gene Henes

NRBNMLC Ex. 14

Programming Guide for KPRD Gene Henes

NRBNMLC Ex. 15

Program Guide for KMMJ Gene Henes

NRBNMLC Ex. 16

Email Correspondence from Record Labels Gene Henes

NRBNMLC Ex. 17

The Praise Network Local Artist Policy Gene Henes

NRBNMLC Ex. 18

Sample webpages from Good News Radio website

Gene Henes

NRBNMLC Ex. 19

Sample webpages from KMMJ website Gene Henes

NRBNMLC Ex. 20

Sample webpages from KPRD website Gene Henes

NRBNMLC Ex. 21

Sample webpages from Tri-State Praise website Gene Henes

NRBNMLC Ex. 22

Sample webpages from Christian Radio Show Prep Services

Gene Henes

Redaction Log Log of Redacted Information

Certificate of Service

Certificate of Service




INTRODUCTORY MEMORANDUM TO THE WRITTEN DIRECT STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS

BROADCASTERS NONCOMMERCIAL MUSIC LICENSE COMMITTEE, INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION

The National Religious Broadcasters Noncommercial Music License Committee

(“NRBNMLC”), including Educational Media Foundation, submits this summary of its written

direct case for the convenience of the Copyright Royalty Judges (“Judges”). This Introductory

Memorandum summarizes the written direct case of the NRBNMLC, as well as describes the

testimony of its witnesses.

The NRBNMLC was formed in 2002 as the noncommercial arm of the National

Religious Broadcasters Music License Committee (“NRBMLC”) to represent noncommercial

broadcasters in music licensing matters. The NRBMLC, in turn, was formed under the auspices

of the National Religious Broadcasters to represent religious and other radio stations with similar

interests in music licensing matters. The NRBNMLC negotiates music licenses on behalf of

noncommercial religious broadcasters nationwide, many of which stream their broadcasts over

the Internet and which therefore will be directly and significantly affected over the next five

years by the rates set by the Judges in this proceeding.

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The NRBNMLC will present evidence that noncommercial religious broadcasters differ

in fundamental respects from both commercial broadcasters and other types of webcasters.

Noncommercial broadcasters are non-profit organizations, and their activities must advance

religious, educational, charitable, or other non-profit goals. Noncommercial broadcasters cannot

sell advertisements but rather must depend primarily on donations from the community they

serve for their funding. Moreover, unlike stations affiliated with National Public Radio (“NPR”),

noncommercial religious stations not affiliated with NPR do not receive public funding to

support their operations. The NRBNMLC witnesses will testify that even a small change in

financial position, such as a diminution in donations or a sudden growth in costs, can have

significant impacts on the operation of a station’s ministry. Predictability in costs is extremely

important when fundraising is conducted during a limited period each year.

The NRBNMLC will present evidence that the prevailing statutory rate structure,

consisting of a flat $500 fee for monthly Aggregate Tuning Hours (“ATH”) up to 159,140 ATH

and commercial usage fees for listenership above that threshold, is unreasonable and

inappropriate for noncommercial broadcasters exceeding the threshold. The NRBNMLC also

will present evidence that the current ATH threshold is causing noncommercial broadcasters

approaching this threshold to limit their streaming activities to avoid the obligation to pay usage

fees, thereby adversely impacting their ability to reach their listeners with their broadcast

ministry and potentially reducing royalties that would be paid to SoundExchange if the fee

structure were more predictable, manageable, and consistent with the realities of how

noncommercial broadcasters operate.

The NRBNMLC also will present evidence demonstrating that the most critical

component of a rate structure for noncommercial broadcasters is a tiered flat fee structure subject

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to a cap given noncommercial broadcasters’ heavy reliance on the generosity of their listeners to

fund their activities and their inability to predict or control future donations to their ministry. In

addition, it will present evidence that such a structure has been applied to noncommercial

broadcasters in an analogous statutory licensing context and that SoundExchange has offered to

accept this type of structure in another such context. The NRBNMLC proposes that

noncommercial broadcasters pay a $500 annual fee for each streamed station or channel for

listenership up to 400 average listeners annually, and additional flat fee tiers of $200 for each

additional 100 average listeners, up to an overall annual fee cap of $1,500 per streamed station or

channel, which would cover 900 average listeners and above. The NRBNMLC also proposes

modifications and clarifications to certain terms of the license.

The NRBNMLC’s direct case consists of the following witness statements:

Joseph Emert, Founder and President of Life Radio Ministries, Inc. in the Atlanta

metropolitan area, testifies about the basic differences between noncommercial broadcasters,

commercial broadcasters, and Internet services that play wall-to-wall music. In particular, Mr.

Emert discusses how noncommercial religious broadcasters fund their nonprofit ministries to

their listeners by the generosity of their donors rather than by selling advertising and use those

funds to benefit their listeners rather than themselves.

Mr. Emert also discusses the nature of his own nonprofit ministry, operating as NewLife

FM, and describes the many aspects of NewLife FM’s operations that serve its listeners, of

which music is only one part. He also describes the important role that Christian talk and

teaching programming play on his stations in educating and encouraging NewLife FM’s

listeners. In addition, Mr. Emert describes his streaming operations, the overwhelmingly local

nature of NewLife FM’s online listenership, and how his stream listenership peaks during a

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three-hour talk programming period weekday mornings. He also explains the importance of

radio as a promotional vehicle for music sales and how record labels, artists, and independent

promoters frequently ask NewLife FM to play their recordings.

Finally, Mr. Emert testifies about the NRBNMLC’s rate proposal and requests for term

adjustments. He observes that flat, affordable, and predictable fees – rather than usage-based

rates – are of critical importance for noncommercial broadcasters, who do not necessarily expand

revenues as their audience grows and need to know what their expenses are from year to year to

be able to raise sufficient funds to support them. He also testifies regarding certain terms in the

current regulations that should be modified.

Gene Henes, President of the Board of Directors of The Praise Network, Inc. in the

Midwest, testifies about the role and importance of small, noncommercial religious broadcasters

in widespread rural communities. He discusses key differences between noncommercial and

commercial entities as well as between radio broadcasters in general and providers of digital

services offering wall-to-wall music.

Mr. Henes discusses the mixture of music and talk/teaching programs on The Praise

Network’s stations, observing that music constitutes only about 50% of his stations’

programming content. He discusses the very limited staffing of his stations, and he explains how

almost all funds come from donations raised from listeners and underwriters. Mr. Henes also

observes how The Praise Network’s stations provide promotional benefits to record labels and

artists, such as through their websites and social media pages; the stations have received so

many requests for airplay from independent artists that they adopted a “Local Artist Policy” to

caution artists that not all submitted music can and will be played. He explains how the stations’

websites also provide a variety of rich content besides links to streaming – including information

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about music and recording artists, detailed information about programs, Scripture search

functions, weather information, and Bible teaching, calendars that provide information about

local events such as worship services, prayer meetings and book sales, as well as links to popular

Christian news and blogs. He discusses how streaming his stations’ broadcasts online is a

service to The Praise Network’s listeners but that currently it attracts a small number of listeners,

serves almost entirely the local population, and how his network is not seeking to expand the

geographic reach of the broadcasts.

Mr. Henes also testifies as to the affordability of the current $500 minimum fee and how

raising that rate would jeopardize his stations’ abilities to stream. He discusses how a flat,

affordable fee is necessary – especially as the vast majority of funding comes from unpredictable

listener and underwriting donations – and why usage fees are unworkable. Finally, he expresses

his support for the NRBNMLC’s proposals to modify certain terms in the regulations.

The NRBNMLC’s Proposed Noncommercial Webcaster Rates and Terms

37 C.F.R. § Part 380 Subpart XX (Rates and Terms Applicable to Noncommercial Webcasters)1

§ 380.__ General.

(a) Scope. This subpart establishes rates and terms of royalty payments for the public performance of sound recordings in certain digital transmissions made by or on behalf of Noncommercial Webcasters as set forth herein in accordance with the provisions of 17 U.S.C. 114, and the making of Ephemeral Recordings by or on behalf of Noncommercial Webcasters as set forth herein in accordance with the provisions of 17 U.S.C. 112(e), during the period January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2020.

(b) Legal compliance. Noncommercial Webcasters relying upon the statutory licenses set forth in 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114 shall comply with the requirements of those sections, the rates and terms of this subpart, and any other applicable regulations not inconsistent with the rates and terms set forth herein.

(c) Relationship to voluntary agreements. Notwithstanding the royalty rates and terms established in this subpart, the rates and terms of any license agreements entered into by Copyright Owners and digital audio services shall apply in lieu of the rates and terms of this subpart to transmission within the scope of such agreements.

§ 380.__ Definitions.

For purposes of this subpart, the following definitions shall apply:

Aggregate Tuning Hours means the total hours of programming transmitted by or on behalf of a Noncommercial Webcaster during the relevant period to all listeners within the United States of eligible digital transmissions from a single AM or FM radio station or single channel. In computing Aggregate Tuning Hours, a Noncommercial Webcaster may exclude any discrete programming segments and any half-hours of programming that do not include any Performance. By way of example, if a service transmitted one hour of programming containing Performances to 10 simultaneous listeners, the service’s Aggregate Tuning Hours would equal 10. If one half-hour of that hour did not include any Performance, the Noncommercial Webcaster’s Aggregate Tuning Hours would equal 5. As an additional example, if one listener listened to a service for 10 hours and all 10 hours contained Performances, the service’s Aggregate Tuning Hours would equal 10.

1 The National Religious Broadcasters Noncommercial Music License Committee (“NRBNMLC”) is aware that the National Association of Broadcasters (“NAB”) is participating in the Copyright Royalty Judges’ separate rulemaking on notice and recordkeeping (including reports of use). Docket No. 14-CRB-0005 (RM). The NRBNMLC understands that to be the proceeding in which the Judges are considering notice and recordkeeping issues. Therefore, the NRBNMLC does not address such issues in this proceeding or in these proposed rates and terms. The NRBNMLC’s position on notice and recordkeeping issues and its proposed regulations is generally consistent with those set forth in the Joint Comments of the National Association of Broadcasters and the Radio Music License Committee Regarding the Copyright Royalty Judges’ Notice and Recordkeeping Rulemaking, filed on June 30, 2014, and those parties’ Joint Reply Comments in that same rulemaking, filed on September 5, 2014.

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Collective is the collection and distribution organization that is designated by the Copyright Royalty Judges.

Copyright Owners are sound recording copyright owners who are entitled to royalty payments made under this subpart pursuant to the statutory licenses under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114(f).

Ephemeral Recording is a phonorecord created for the purpose of facilitating an Eligible Transmission of a public performance of a sound recording under a statutory license in accordance with 17 U.S.C. 114(f), and subject to the limitations specified in 17 U.S.C. 112(e).

Licensee is a person that has obtained a statutory license under 17 U.S.C. 114, and the implementing regulations, to make eligible nonsubscription transmissions, or noninteractive digital audio transmissions as part of a new subscription service (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 114(j)(8)) other than a Service as defined in § 383.2(h) of this chapter, or that has obtained a statutory license under 17 U.S.C. 112(e), and the implementing regulations, to make Ephemeral Recordings for use in facilitating such transmissions.

Noncommercial Webcaster is a Licensee that makes eligible digital audio transmissions and

(1) Is exempt from taxation under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501),

(2) Has applied in good faith to the Internal Revenue Service for exemption from taxation under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code and has a commercially reasonable expectation that such exemption shall be granted, or

(3) Is operated by a State or possession or any governmental entity or subordinate thereof, or by the United States or District of Columbia, for exclusively public purposes.

Performance is each instance in which any portion of a sound recording is publicly performed to a listener by means of a digital audio transmission but excluding the following:

(1) A performance of a sound recording that does not require a license under the United States Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101, et. seq. (e.g., a sound recording fixed before February 15, 1972);

(2) A performance of a sound recording for which the Noncommercial Webcaster has previously obtained a license from the Copyright Owner of such sound recording;

(3) An incidental performance that both:

(i) Makes no more than incidental use of sound recordings including, but not limited to, brief musical transitions in and out of commercials or program segments, brief performances during news, talk and sports programming, brief background performances during disk jockey announcements, brief performances during commercials of sixty seconds or less in duration, or brief performances during sporting or other public events, and

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(ii) Other than ambient music that is background at a public event, does not contain an entire sound recording and does not feature a particular sound recording of more than thirty seconds (as in the case of a sound recording used as a theme song); and

(4) A performance of a sound recording that is 15 seconds or less in duration; or

(5) A second connection to the same sound recording from someone from the same IP address.

Performers means the independent administrators identified in 17 U.S.C. 114(g)(2)(B) and (C) and the parties identified in 17 U.S.C. 114(g)(2)(D).

Qualified Auditor is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the jurisdiction where it seeks to conduct a verification.

§ 380.__ Royalty fees for the public performance of sound recordings and for ephemeral recordings.

(a) Royalty rates. Royalty rates and fees for eligible digital transmissions of sound recordings made pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 114, and the making of ephemeral recordings pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 112(e) are as follows:

(i) For all digital audio transmissions totaling not more than 3,504,000 Aggregate Tuning Hours (ATH) annually, (i.e., 400 average concurrent listeners annually (400 listeners * 24 hours/day * 365 days/year = 3,504,000)), including simultaneous digital audio retransmissions of over-the-air AM or FM radio broadcasts, and related Ephemeral Recordings, a Noncommercial Webcaster will pay an annual per channel or per station performance royalty of $500 in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.

(ii) A Noncommercial Webcaster will pay an additional $200 per year for each 876,000 Aggregate Tuning Hours (ATH) (i.e., 100 average concurrent listeners (100 listeners * 24 hours/day * 365 days/year = 876,000)), of digital audio transmissions made by the Noncommercial Webcaster for digital audio transmissions totaling in excess of the base 3,504,000 Aggregate Tuning Hours (ATH) provided for in subsection (a)(1), above; provided, however, that a Noncommercial Webcaster shall not pay more than $1,500 per annum in total for any station or channel.

(b) Ephemeral royalty. The royalty payable under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) for any reproduction of a phonorecord made by a Noncommercial Webcaster during this license period and used solely by the Noncommercial Webcaster to facilitate transmissions made pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 114 as and when provided in this section is deemed to be included within, and constitute 5% of, such royalty payments.

(c) Minimum fee. Each Noncommercial Webcaster will pay an annual, nonrefundable minimum fee of $500 for each calendar year or part of a calendar year of the period 2016-2020 during which it is a Licensee pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 112(e) or 114. This annual minimum fee is payable for each individual channel and each individual station maintained by Noncommercial Webcasters. For each such Noncommercial Webcaster, the annual minimum fee described in

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this paragraph (c)(2) shall constitute the minimum fees due under both 17 U.S.C. 112(e)(4) and 114(f)(2)(B). Upon payment of the minimum fee, the Noncommercial Webcaster will receive a credit in the amount of the minimum fee against any additional royalty fees payable in the same calendar year, including those fees payable pursuant to §380__(a). The Collective shall issue reminder notices to Noncommercial Webcasters by electronic mail at least one month before the annual minimum fee payment is due.

§ 380.__ Terms for making payment of royalty fees and statements of account.

(a) Payment to the Collective. A Noncommercial Webcaster shall make the royalty payments due under §380.__ to the Collective.

(b) Designation of the Collective. (1) Until such time as a new designation is made, SoundExchange, Inc., is designated as the Collective to receive statements of account and royalty payments from Noncommercial Webcasters due under §380.__ and to distribute such royalty payments to each Copyright Owner and Performer, or their designated agents, entitled to receive royalties under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114(g).

(2) If SoundExchange, Inc. should dissolve or cease to be governed by a board consisting of equal numbers of representatives of Copyright Owners and Performers, then it shall be replaced by a successor Collective upon the fulfillment of the requirements set forth in paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this section.

(i) By a majority vote of the nine Copyright Owner representatives and the nine Performer representatives on the SoundExchange board as of the last day preceding the condition precedent in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, such representatives shall file a petition with the Copyright Royalty Board designating a successor to collect and distribute royalty payments to Copyright Owners and Performers entitled to receive royalties under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) or 114(g) that have themselves authorized such Collective.

(ii) The Copyright Royalty Judges shall publish in the Federal Register within 30 days of receipt of a petition filed under paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this section an order designating the Collective named in such petition.

(c) Monthly payments. Noncommercial Webcasters must make monthly payments where required by §380.__, and provide statements of account, for each month on the 45th day following the month in which the Eligible Transmissions subject to the payments and statements of account were made. All monthly payments shall be rounded to the nearest cent. The Collective shall acknowledge receipt of each payment made by a Noncommercial Webcaster by sending an e-mail to the Noncommercial Webcaster within one business day of receiving any payment.

(d) Minimum payments. A Noncommercial Webcaster shall make any minimum payment due under §380.__(b) by January 31 of the applicable calendar year, except that payment by a Noncommercial Webcaster that was not making Eligible Transmissions or Ephemeral Recordings pursuant to the licenses in 17 U.S.C. 114 and/or 17 U.S.C. 112(e) as of

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said date but begins doing so thereafter shall be due by the 45th day after the end of the month in which the Noncommercial Webcaster commences to do so.

(e) Late fees. A Noncommercial Webcaster shall pay a late fee for each instance in which any payment or any statement of account is not received by the Collective in compliance with applicable regulations by the due date. The amount of the late fee shall be the underpayment rate identified in 2 U.S.C. § 6621 applied to the amount of the late payment or the payment associated with a late statement of account. The late fee shall accrue from the due date of the payment or statement of account until the payment and statement of account are received by the Collective, provided that, in the case of a timely provided but noncompliant statement of account, the Collective has notified the Noncommercial Webcaster within 90 days regarding any noncompliance that is reasonably evident to the Collective. A single late fee shall be due in the event both a payment and statement of account are received by the Collective after the due date, regardless of whether they are received on the same date or different dates. SoundExchange may compromise or elect to forego the late fee in the case of minor or inadvertent failures of a Noncommercial Webcaster to make a timely payment or submit a timely statement.

(f) Statements of account. Any payment due under §380.__ shall be accompanied by a corresponding statement of account. A statement of account shall contain the following information:

(1) Such information as is necessary to calculate the accompanying royalty payment;

(2) The name, address, business title, telephone number, facsimile number (if any), electronic mail address (if any) and other contact information of the person to be contacted for information or questions concerning the content of the statement of account;

(3) The signature of:

(i) The owner of the Noncommercial Webcaster or a duly authorized agent of the owner, if the Noncommercial Webcaster is not a partnership or corporation;

(ii) A partner or delegee, if the Noncommercial Webcaster is a partnership; or

(iii) An officer of the corporation, if the Noncommercial Webcaster is a corporation.

(4) The printed or typewritten name of the person signing the statement of account;

(5) The date of signature;

(6) If the Noncommercial Webcaster is a partnership or corporation, the title or official position held in the partnership or corporation by the person signing the statement of account;

(7) A certification of the capacity of the person signing; and

(8) A statement to the following effect:

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I, the undersigned owner or agent of the Noncommercial Webcaster, or officer or partner, have examined this statement of account and hereby state that it fairly presents, in all material respects, the liabilities of Noncommercial Webcaster pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114.

(g) Distribution of royalties. (1) The Collective shall promptly distribute royalties received from Noncommercial Webcasters to Copyright Owners and Performers, or their designated agents, that are entitled to such royalties. The Collective shall only be responsible for making distributions to those Copyright Owners, Performers, or their designated agents who provide the Collective with such information as is necessary to identify and pay the correct recipient. The Collective shall distribute royalties on a basis that values all performances by a Noncommercial Webcaster equally based upon information provided under the report of use requirements for Noncommercial Webcasters contained in § 370.4 of this chapter and this subpart, except that in the case of Noncommercial Webcasters exempt from the report of use requirements contained in § 370.4 of this chapter, the Collective shall distribute royalties based on proxy usage data in accordance with a methodology adopted by the Collective’s Board of Directors. The Collective shall use its best efforts to identify and locate copyright owners and featured artists in order to distribute royalties payable to them under section 112(e) or 114(d)(2) of title 17, United States Code, or both. Such efforts shall include searches in Copyright Office public records and published directories of sound recording copyright owners.

(2) If the Collective is unable to locate a Copyright Owner or Performer entitled to a distribution of royalties under paragraph (h) of this section within 5 years from the date the Collective first distributes any other royalties for the same reporting period, then such distribution may be first applied to the costs directly attributable to the administration of that distribution. The foregoing shall apply notwithstanding the common law or statutes of any State.

(h) Retention of records. Books and records of a Noncommercial Webcaster and of the Collective relating to payments of and distributions of royalties shall be kept for a period of not less than the prior 3 calendar years.

§ 380.__ Confidential Information.

(a) Definition. For purposes of this subpart, “Confidential Information” shall include the statements of account and any information contained therein, including the amount of royalty payments and the number of Performances, and any information pertaining to the statements of account reasonably designated as confidential by the Noncommercial Webcaster submitting the statement.

(b) Exclusion. Confidential Information shall not include documents or information that at the time of delivery to the Collective are public knowledge. The party claiming the benefit of this provision shall have the burden of proving that the disclosed information was public knowledge.

(c) Use of Confidential Information. In no event shall the Collective use any Confidential Information for any purpose other than royalty collection and distribution and activities related directly thereto.

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(d) Disclosure of Confidential Information. Access to Confidential Information shall be limited to:

(1) Those employees, agents, attorneys, consultants and independent contractors of the Collective, subject to an appropriate written confidentiality agreement or an ethical obligation to maintain the Confidential Information of the Collective, who are engaged in the collection and distribution of royalty payments hereunder and activities related directly thereto, for the purpose of performing such duties during the ordinary course of their work and who require access to the Confidential Information;

(2) An independent and Qualified Auditor, subject to an appropriate written confidentiality agreement, who is authorized to act on behalf of the Collective with respect to verification of a Noncommercial Webcaster’s statement of account pursuant to §380.__ or on behalf of a Copyright Owner or Performer with respect to the verification of royalty distributions pursuant to §380.__;

(3) Copyright Owners and Performers, including their designated agents, whose works have been used under the statutory licenses set forth in 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114(f) by the Noncommercial Webcaster whose Confidential Information is being supplied, subject to an appropriate written confidentiality agreement, and including those employees, agents, attorneys, consultants and independent contractors of such Copyright Owners and Performers and their designated agents, subject to an appropriate written confidentiality agreement, for the purpose of performing their duties during the ordinary course of their work and who require access to the Confidential Information; and

(4) In connection with future proceedings under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114(f) before the Copyright Royalty Judges, and under an appropriate protective order, attorneys, consultants and other authorized agents of the parties to the proceedings or the courts.

(e) Safeguarding of Confidential Information. The Collective and any person identified in paragraph (d) of this section shall implement procedures to safeguard against unauthorized access to or dissemination of any Confidential Information using a reasonable standard of care, but not less than the same degree of security used to protect Confidential Information or similarly sensitive information belonging to the Collective or person.

§ 380.__ Verification of royalty payments.

(a) General. This section prescribes procedures by which the Collective may verify the royalty payments made by a Noncommercial Webcaster.

(b) Frequency of verification. The Collective may conduct a single audit of a Noncommercial Webcaster, upon reasonable notice and during reasonable business hours, during any given calendar year, for any or all of the prior 3 calendar years, but no calendar year shall be subject to audit more than once.

(c) Notice of intent to audit. The Collective must file with the Copyright Royalty Board a notice of intent to audit a particular Noncommercial Webcaster, which shall, within 30 days of the filing of the notice, publish in the Federal Register a notice announcing such filing. The

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notification of intent to audit shall be served at the same time on the Noncommercial Webcaster to be audited. Any such audit shall be conducted by an independent and Qualified Auditor identified in the notice, who may not be retained on a contingency fee basis and who shall be obligated to verify any underpayment or overpayment of royalties. The designation of the Qualified Auditor shall be binding on all parties. Any such audit shall be completed within 6 months of the date of the notification of intent to audit is served on the Noncommercial Webcaster.

(d) Acquisition and retention of report. The Noncommercial Webcaster shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain or to provide access to any relevant books and records maintained by third parties for the purpose of the audit. The Collective shall retain the report of the verification for a period of not less than 3 years.

(e) Acceptable verification procedure. An audit of Noncommercial Webcaster’s books and records, including underlying paperwork, which was performed in the ordinary course of business according to generally accepted auditing standards by an independent and Qualified Auditor, shall serve as an acceptable verification procedure for all parties with respect to the information that is within the scope of the audit.

(f) Consultation. Before rendering a written report to the Collective, except where the auditor has a reasonable basis to suspect fraud and disclosure would, in the reasonable opinion of the auditor, prejudice the investigation of such suspected fraud, the auditor shall review the tentative written findings of the audit with the appropriate agent or employee of the Noncommercial Webcaster being audited in order to remedy any factual errors and clarify any issues relating to the audit; Provided that an appropriate agent or employee of the Noncommercial Webcaster reasonably cooperates with the auditor to remedy promptly any factual error or clarify any issues raised by the audit.

(g) Costs of the verification procedure. The Collective shall pay the cost of the verification procedure, unless it is finally determined that there was an underpayment of 10% or more, in which case the Noncommercial Webcaster shall, in addition to paying the amount of any underpayment, bear the reasonable costs of the verification procedure.

§ 380.__ Verification of royalty distributions.

(a) General. This section prescribes procedures by which any Copyright Owner or Performer may verify the royalty distributions made by the Collective; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall apply to situations where a Copyright Owner or Performer and the Collective have agreed as to proper verification methods.

(b) Frequency of verification. A Copyright Owner or Performer may conduct a single audit of the Collective upon reasonable notice and during reasonable business hours, during any given calendar year, for any or all of the prior 3 calendar years, but no calendar year shall be subject to audit more than once.

(c) Notice of intent to audit. A Copyright Owner or Performer must file with the Copyright Royalty Board a notice of intent to audit the Collective, which shall, within 30 days of the filing of the notice, publish in the Federal Register a notice announcing such filing. The

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notification of intent to audit shall be served at the same time on the Collective. Any audit shall be conducted by an independent and Qualified Auditor identified in the notice who may not be retained on a contingency fee basis and who shall be obligated to verify any underpayment or overpayment of royalties. The designation of the Qualified Auditor shall be binding on all Copyright Owners and Performers. Any such audit shall be completed within 6 months of the date of the notification of intent to audit is served on the Noncommercial Webcaster.

(d) Acquisition and retention of report. The Collective shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain or to provide access to any relevant books and records maintained by third parties for the purpose of the audit. The Copyright Owner or Performer requesting the verification procedure shall retain the report of the verification for a period of not less than 3 years.

(e) Acceptable verification procedure. An audit of Noncommercial Webcaster’s books and records, including underlying paperwork, which was performed in the ordinary course of business according to generally accepted auditing standards by an independent and Qualified Auditor, shall serve as an acceptable verification procedure for all parties with respect to the information that is within the scope of the audit.

(f) Consultation. Before rendering any interim or final written report to a Copyright Owner or Performer, except where the Qualified Auditor has a reasonable basis to suspect fraud and disclosure would, in the reasonable opinion of the Qualified Auditor, prejudice the investigation of such suspected fraud, the Qualified Auditor shall review the tentative written findings of the audit with the appropriate agent or employee of the Collective in order to remedy any factual errors and clarify any issues relating to the audit; Provided that the appropriate agent or employee of the Collective reasonably cooperates with the Qualified Auditor to remedy promptly any factual errors or clarify any issues raised by the audit.

(g) Costs of the verification procedure. The Copyright Owner or Performer requesting the verification procedure shall pay the cost of the procedure, unless it is finally determined that there was an underpayment of 10% or more, in which case the Collective shall, in addition to paying the amount of any underpayment, bear reasonable fees paid to the Qualified Auditor by the Collective for the verification procedure.

§ 380.__ Unclaimed funds.

If the Collective is unable to identify or locate a Copyright Owner or Performer who is entitled to receive a royalty distribution under this subpart, the Collective shall retain the required payment in a segregated trust account for a period of 5 years from the date of distribution. No claim to such distribution shall be valid after the expiration of the 5-year period. After expiration of this period, and except as may be subject to the common law or statutes of any State, the Collective may apply the unclaimed funds solely to offset any costs deductible under 17 U.S.C. 114(g)(3)(A). Nothing in this subsection is intended to preempt the laws of any State. The Collective shall render its best efforts to identify and locate copyright owners and featured artists in order to distribute royalties payable to them under section 112(e) or 114(d)(2) of title 17, United States Code, or both. Such efforts shall include searches in Copyright Office public records and published directories of sound recording copyright owners.

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§ 380.__ Notice and Cure

For any material breach of these regulations by a Noncommercial Webcaster that the Collective intends to assert in any way against the Noncommercial Webcaster, the Collective shall first provide notice of such material breach to the Noncommercial Webcaster by certified mail, and the Noncommercial Webcaster shall have 30 days from the receipt of such notice of material breach to cure such material breach.




WRITTEN DIRECT TESTIMONY OF JOSEPH C. EMERT, LIFE RADIO MINISTRIES (On behalf of the National Religious Broadcasters

Noncommercial Music License Committee)

INTRODUCTION

1. My name is Joseph Emert. I am the Founder and President of Life Radio

Ministries, Inc. in Griffin, Georgia, just outside the Atlanta metropolitan area. I have served as

Life Radio Ministries’ President for 22 years, since its founding in 1993. I submit this testimony

on behalf of the National Religious Broadcasters Noncommercial Music License Committee

(“NRBNMLC”).

BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE IN CHRISTIAN RADIO BROADCASTING

2. I have been actively involved in Christian broadcasting for nearly 45 years and

have served in a variety of positions, including Announcer, News Director, Program Director,

and General Manager. When I was 18, I started working in Christian radio at a radio station in

Pennsylvania owned and operated by my father. I worked my way through college in the

broadcasting division of my undergraduate college and then did coursework toward a Master of

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Arts in Communications at The University of Cincinnati. I have remained in Christian radio

ministry full-time ever since.

3. In 1980, I became the General Manager of Radio WLTR in State College,

Pennsylvania, where I served for five years. I held the same position and performed similar

duties at two other radio stations – WAKW in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1984 to 1989, and Moody

Broadcasting in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1989 to 1992.

4. Following my work in station management, I served from 1992-1995 as the Vice-

President and Executive Director of “Leading the Way with Dr. Michael Youssef,” a national

ministry originating from The Church of the Apostles in Atlanta, GA that provides Christian

television and radio programming. I also coordinated the launch of this programming

internationally through Trans World Radio, an international media distributor that serves over

160 countries in more than 230 languages.

5. In 1993, I co-founded Life Radio Ministries, which operates as NewLife FM. In

addition to my responsibilities as President, I continue to enjoy regular on-air interaction with

our listeners by hosting one of NewLife FM’s local programs, “Sunday Morning Praise.”

6. I also am a co-founder of the Papua New Guinea Christian Broadcasting Network

and have served on its board of directors. Through this network, the first of its kind in that

country, I assisted in the construction of 12 FM stations and a Shortwave station in that country.

The ministry has now grown to 25 FM stations.

NEWLIFE FM

7. NewLife FM has been broadcasting to the south metro Atlanta and north Macon

communities for the past 19 years on its full-power radio station, 90.7 FM. Four years ago, we

began serving listeners in the Peachtree City, Georgia area by broadcasting the same

programming from the same studio on 91.7 FM, another full-power station.

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8. Our mission is to serve listeners in South Metro Atlanta, Middle Georgia, and

North Macon with programming, including biblical teaching, relevant culture-changing

information, and music, that offers spiritual encouragement and personal challenge and contains

a Christ-centered and evangelistic focus. NewLife FM’s slogan is “Heart Warming, Life

Changing.”

9. NewLife FM broadcasts a mixed format of Christian programming that includes

significant amounts of both talk and teaching content and music. NewLife FM’s program

schedule is attached as NRBNMLC Exhibit 1.

10. Our talk programs include several that are locally hosted by NewLife FM’s staff,

who wear a variety of hats to keep NewLife FM running. For example, NewLife FM’s

Production Director and Director of Social Media and Localism, Pete Chagnon, hosts “New

Mornings,” a weekday morning show, and “Front Porch Bluegrass Revival” on Sunday

evenings. NewLife FM’s Vice-President and General Manager, Doug Doran, hosts “Midday

with Doug Doran” on weekdays. NewLife FM’s Operations Director, Jim Stewart, hosts

“NewLife at Night with Jim Stewart.” As I mentioned above, I host “Sunday Morning Praise.”

11. NewLife FM also features several nationally renowned programs, including,

among others: “Just Thinking,” with Ravi Zacharias; “Turning Point,” with Dr. David Jeremiah;

“InTouch,” with Dr. Charles Stanley; “Joni and Friends”; and “Uncommon Moments,” hosted by

Tony Dungy, the former Super Bowl-winning coach of the Indianapolis Colts. It also airs

periodic segments of Bible reading by Max McLean.

12. The music that we air consists of a mix of Inspirational, Light Christian

Contemporary, and Praise & Worship songs, along with some hymns and Gospel music.

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13. In addition to the programming content described above, NewLife FM also keeps

our listeners informed of current local, regional, national, and international events throughout the

day. Almost every hour on the hour, we broadcast national and international news from a

network feed. On weekday mornings, we produce a local newscast called “Georgia News You

Can Use,” which airs at 7:05 AM and 8:05 AM. Frequently, throughout the day, our local hosts

will mention local news of interest occurring in our market or in Georgia. We also produce a 25-

minute program called “Georgia Town Crier,” in which we interview local and national guests of

interest. A foundational goal of the program is to feature guests with a local or Statewide

connection.

14. NewLife FM has four full-time and two part-time staff members and

approximately 60 part-time volunteers, and it meets its operating budget essentially through three

sources, and in a very different way from commercial radio stations. First, and most importantly,

we rely on the generosity of our listeners, which typically meets about 60% of our budget.

Second, we are reimbursed for our costs of broadcasting certain syndicated programs through

cost-sharing agreements with the non-profit program sponsors, which covers a bit over 30% of

our budget. Third, less than 10% of our budget is funded by donations from local business

underwriters, whom we thank on the air for their gifts. All in all, virtually our entire budget is

funded by voluntary donations from individuals – either directly or through a program that we air

– and corporations. Even though we are licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as

non-commercial educational radio stations, we receive no funding from the Corporation for

Public Broadcasting or any other government source.

15. Over the years, NewLife FM has attempted to emphasize its availability to the

communities it serves. We have partnered with a national organization to collect wheelchairs for

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handicapped people. Listeners delivered unused wheelchairs to the radio station for later pick-up

by the national organization’s volunteers. Recently, NewLife FM staff members participated in

a blood donor drive through the organization, LifeSouth, (www.LifeSouth.org) and donated

blood, live in our studios, to raise awareness of the urgent need for donors willing to donate

blood. Additionally, the radio station regularly donates thousands of dollars’ worth of air-time to

churches and other non-profit organizations to promote their events and other activities.

THE NRBNMLC

16. Life Radio Ministries, Inc. is a member of the National Religious Broadcasters

(“NRB”). I remember when the National Religious Broadcasters Music License Committee

(“NRBMLC”) was formed many years ago under the NRB’s auspices to represent religious and

other radio stations with similar interests in music licensing matters. I recall that the key

licensing issue for the NRBMLC was negotiating reasonable license terms for stations that

broadcast programming including a mix of both music and talk content. The National Religious

Broadcasters Noncommercial Music License Committee (“NRBNMLC”) was formed in 2002 as

the noncommercial arm of the NRBMLC specifically to represent noncommercial broadcasters

in music licensing matters.

17. I have worked in Christian radio for decades and have been very active with the

NRB. I served as a member of the NRB’s Board of Directors and as Chair of its Southeastern

chapter for years, and I have been very involved in NRB membership events, such as the 40

national conventions I have attended. Through my involvement and experience, I have become

familiar with the experiences of many noncommercial Christian broadcasters other than NewLife

FM over the years.

18. Noncommercial religious radio stations reflect a broad spectrum of experiences,

ranging from single-station operators who are struggling to make ends meet to larger multi-

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station ministry organizations. All of the stations share several elements in common, however:

(1) they are non-profit organizations, and, as such, their broadcasting activities must advance

religious, educational, charitable, or other non-profit goals; (2) unlike commercial radio stations,

non-commercial broadcasters cannot sell advertisements but rather must depend primarily on

donations from the community they serve to fund their broadcasting; and (3) like commercial

radio stations, non-commercial stations focus on their over-the-air broadcasting operations –

streaming is a secondary activity. Moreover, unlike stations affiliated with National Public

Radio (“NPR”), which I understand are participating separately in this proceeding,

noncommercial religious stations not affiliated with NPR, such as NewLife FM, do not receive

public funding to support their operations. Rather, they must rely on voluntary private donations

by individuals and, to a lesser extent, business donations. We can recognize a business donation

on the air by thanking the business for its gift but cannot suggest that our listeners patronize that

business.

THE MANY WAYS IN WHICH NEWLIFE FM SERVES ITS LISTENERS

19. NewLife FM serves its listeners and reaches the Georgia community with its

message in many ways. Playing Christian music that entertains, encourages, and inspires our

listeners is certainly one way, but it is by no means the only way, or even the predominant way.

20. As I mentioned previously, NewLife FM broadcasts many hours of Biblical talk

and teaching programming – both local and national – during daytime hours, when people are far

more likely to tune in. In addition, NewLife FM regularly broadcasts local, regional, national,

and international news events to keep our listeners informed as well as Bible readings to

encourage listeners in their faith walk.

21. In fact, about three months ago, we replaced two hours of largely music content

hosted by one of our announcers that had aired weekdays from 5-7 p.m., during Atlanta’s

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afternoon drive time, with a two-hour talk program called “In the Market with Janet Parshal.”

Although we wondered whether our listeners might complain about NewLife FM removing

music programming from this time slot, the exact opposite has occurred: We have received

overwhelmingly positive feedback about this change when we do remote broadcasts at live

venues as well as from listener emails and phone calls.

22. Our local on-air people and other personnel also add significant value to our

listeners and have invested many years connecting with them. Of our six-member staff, four of

those individuals have been with NewLife FM for over 17 of its 19-year on-air existence. Doug

Doran, our Midday host, has been with NewLife FM for 18 years. Jim Stewart, the host of

NewLife at Night, has been with NewLife FM for 17 years. His wife, Glenna Stewart, has

worked part-time for us for over three years and has connected with our listeners by being

involved in nearly every fundraising Sharathon as the Hostess and Phone Coordinator – a pivotal

role in communicating with our most active listeners who keep us operating. She also has

recently become one of NewLife FM’s on-air voices, recording most of the Public Service

Announcements we offer at no charge to churches and non-profit organizations. Pete Chagnon

has been on staff for over three years, and, of course, my wife and I have been with NewLife FM

since the very beginning.

23. Our staff also spends a great deal of time getting involved in our local

community, which is another way of reaching our listeners. In the past three months alone, staff

members have spoken in local churches, written articles in a local community-wide magazine,

spoken to a civic group, guest-hosted a local High School football game’s half-time show, met

with a local gathering of independent music artists, mostly from Georgia, broadcast interviews

recorded on site from the Atlanta Motor Speedway, and sponsored and hosted a summertime

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community parade. These types of community activities, which we make a point to prioritize,

provide us the opportunity to meet and interact with our listeners face to face. This enables us to

strengthen NewLife FM’s personal connection with our audience in a way not possible by

disembodied voices heard over the airwaves alone.

24. NewLife FM also serves its listeners through its website, http://www.newlife.fm,

which offers a rich variety of resources to encourage and inform them. These resources include:

links to news stories of local, state-wide, and national interest; The Peach State Post, which

publicizes community events; a means by which to submit prayer requests to our staff;

information on finding peace with God; our program schedule, which includes links to the

websites of many of the programs that we air; information about songs that we have recently

played; alerts regarding upcoming Christian concerts; information about current contests and the

opportunity to enter them online; and information on how to support NewLife FM and the

opportunity to give online. NewLife FM’s stream player also has links to news, finance, sports,

weather, and traffic information as well as a flight tracker and a song request submission form.

In addition, we maintain Facebook and Twitter pages that are accessible from our stream player.

I have attached sample pages from NewLife FM’s website as NRBNMLC Exhibit 2 to my

testimony.

25. In addition to serving our listeners, we also serve Christian performing artists.

NewLife FM is constantly approached by music artists, their agents, and record labels asking us

to consider airing their music. Quite often, the artist is young, operating independently from any

recognized record label, studio, or agency, and attempting to become more widely known

through the promotion that radio airplay provides. I have included as NRBNMLC Exhibits 3, 4,

and 5 three sample emails that illustrate how much artists appreciate it when NewLife FM plays

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their music. NRBNMLC Exhibit 3 is an email that NewLife FM received on October 1, 2014

from an artist asking if we would be willing to play her music. NRBNMLC Exhibit 4 is an email

that we received on February 13, 2013 from an artist thanking us for playing her song. And

NRBNMLC Exhibit 5 is an email that NewLife FM received on July 28, 2014 from an artist’s

father thanking us for playing several of her songs.

26. Record companies and independent promoters also seek to have recordings

performed on our station and appreciate it when we do – even though they do not receive any

copyright royalties from those broadcasts. By way of example, NRBNMLC Exhibit 6 is a

February 3, 2013 email to us from the producer of a new band’s single entitled “In Every

Corner.” The email states:

We are so excited to see your station add their 1st single “In Every Corner” to your playlist. Thank you so much, because of your commitment to the song, it is the #1 song in the US being played by an independent artist!

Similarly, in NRBNMLC Exhibit 7, the Chief Operating Office of Madison Line Records

thanked us on July 9, 2013 for playing Light Align’s radio single “Your Name.” And

NRBNMLC Exhibit 8 includes just a few examples of the many emails we frequently receive

from independent promoters and artists’ agencies asking NewLife FM to play particular

recordings.

NEWLIFE FM’S STREAMING OPERATIONS AND THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF A FLAT STREAMING FEE

27. NewLife FM has streamed its programming for several years to serve our local

broadcast listeners by making it easier for them to connect with our ministry and the content that

they know and trust through a variety of devices other than an AM/FM radio. We recently

switched stream providers from Abacast to Securenet Systems. Securenet not only hosts our

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stream, but it offered to design custom apps for NewLife FM for both iPhone and Android

smartphones to give our listeners more options to access our programming.

28. The vast majority of our listeners are local, which is precisely who we aim to

serve. For each month from June through September 2014, of the top 10 U.S. markets

generating the most listener sessions, some 75-80% of those sessions originated in our core

Atlanta and Macon communities, where our stations are located. NRBNMLC Exhibit 9 shows

this pattern. In other words, a large majority of our stream listeners are ones whom NewLife FM

already is able to reach over the air, without having to pay SoundExchange for their listening.

29. Although we have streamed for several years, our online listenership remains

small. On average, fewer than 10 people listen concurrently online although listenership peaks at

levels much higher than that, topping out at 100 concurrent listeners. Our highest listenership is

from 9 a.m. until noon on weekdays, when we transmit teaching programming. NRBNMLC

Exhibit 10 shows this listening pattern for June through September 2014.

30. NewLife FM pays streaming royalties to SoundExchange under an agreement

under the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009 that was negotiated between SoundExchange and

the NRBNMLC. I understand that I am not allowed to talk about the rate and terms under this

agreement, so I will only say that, for the past several years, NewLife FM has paid what a

noncommercial webcaster with similar listenership would pay under the current statutory rates,

which amounts to a flat annual fee of $500. NewLife FM also has paid an additional amount to

SoundExchange in lieu of having to file reports of the recordings that we perform, which would

be very burdensome to prepare and submit for our six-member staff, even with the help of our

stream provider.

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31. As I mentioned above, NewLife FM primarily relies on its listeners to support its

ministry and has no guarantees from year to year of receiving a particular monetary amount in

donations. Therefore, in deciding to stream, it was very important to NewLife FM that the

streaming fees paid to SoundExchange be affordable and predictable. While $500 is an amount

that NewLife FM is able to afford (although it seems high to reach fewer than 10 average

listeners), if the fee increased much above this, or increased more directly with our streaming

listenership levels, I believe that we would be forced to give serious consideration to

discontinuing this service to our listeners.

32. I have encountered multiple noncommercial religious broadcasters who have

decided not to stream because they are concerned about how high the SoundExchange fees

would be under the current rates if they start. The idea of a fee that increases directly with

listenership is a scary prospect for noncommercial broadcasters who rely on listener donations to

support their operations. Unless these broadcasters turn away listeners from accessing their

programming online if listenership hits a specified cap, they do not know what their streaming

bill would be until the end of the year under such a fee structure and thus do not know whether

they would be able to raise the funds necessary to pay this bill through appeals to their listeners.

33. I actually have been able to persuade two small noncommercial religious

broadcasters concerned with their royalty bill to begin streaming by assuring them that their

listenership is very likely to be small enough that they would owe SoundExchange a flat $500

annual royalty fee. Under current regulations for noncommercial webcasters (which do not even

apply to many – if not most or nearly all – noncommercial religious broadcasters because they

have opted to pay under alternative rates), the annual fee is $500 and allows a noncommercial

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webcaster to stream up to 159,140 aggregate tuning hours (“ATH”) per month, which amounts to

218 average listeners over the course of a year.

34. The fee structure in the current regulations does not address the concerns of larger

noncommercial broadcasters who approach or exceed the listener threshold, and I am aware of

some who do. Under the current regulations, noncommercial webcasters are required to pay the

full commercial usage rates for sound recording usage that exceeds the 159,140 monthly ATH

threshold. As I discuss below, I do not believe that it is equitable for any noncommercial

broadcaster of any size to pay the same usage rates that apply to commercial broadcasters.

Noncommercial broadcasters are not suddenly disqualified from their non-profit status when

they reach a certain size, nor can they sell advertising no matter how large their listenership

grows.

THE NRBNMLC’S FEE PROPOSAL

35. I have reviewed the NRBNMLC’s fee proposal and strongly support it. I believe

that it includes a much more reasonable fee structure for noncommercial broadcasters, and much

more manageable royalty fees for larger noncommercial broadcasters, than the current statutory

rates. The statutory rates – which many noncommercial broadcasters have opted out of in favor

of alternative rates – require noncommercial entities to pay usage fees equal to those that

commercial licensees pay for listenership over 159,140 ATH per month, which, on an annual

basis, translates to 218 average listeners.1 See 37 C.F.R. § 380.3(a)(2). I do not believe that it is

at all reasonable or fair to require noncommercial broadcasters to pay the same usage rates as

commercial entities at any level of listenership given our very different purposes and methods of

funding our operations. Larger noncommercial broadcasters may have greater resources and

1 159,140 ATH/month permits a noncommercial broadcaster to stream 1,909,680 ATH per year (159,140 ATH * 12 months/year). That amounts to 218 average listeners (1,909,680 ATH/year * 1 year/365 days * 1 day/24 hours - 218).

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listenership, but that only means that they are able to reach more people with their ministry, not

that they should be treated like commercial entities.

36. Noncommercial broadcasters are not “willing buyers” of music in any commercial

sense. We do not do what we do to make money, and we certainly are not motivated to increase

our audience by a profit motive. Instead, we provide a ministry to our listeners to enrich their

lives and further our educational and spiritual missions, and any desire on our part to reach more

listeners is driven by a desire to benefit them, not profit from them. Having to pay as a

commercial webcaster to meet these non-monetary goals simply does not make sense.

37. In lieu of the current structure, where commercial usage fees must be paid for

over 218 listeners on average, the NRBNMLC instead proposes a tiered flat fee structure. Flat

fees are critically important to noncommercial broadcasters because they rely primarily on their

listeners to support them and do not know at the beginning of the year how generous their

listeners will be. NewLife FM relies on its listeners to meet nearly its entire operating budget,

and it needs to know how much time it will have to divert from its core activities to sharathons

and other fundraising efforts to attempt to raise the money it needs to continue its outreach.

38. As I mentioned above, I have encountered multiple noncommercial broadcasters

who were so concerned with SoundExchange royalties that they chose not to stream at all. I also

am aware of noncommercial broadcasters who do stream, but they impose caps on the number of

listeners their programming may reach to stay under the listenership level at which usage fees are

owed. It is obviously not ideal for a noncommercial religious broadcaster to turn listeners away

from their programming, as it works against our mission of reaching as many people as we can

with our message of hope and inspiration, but some have chosen to do so as a preferred

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alternative to having to pay unpredictable and very expensive usage fees to SoundExchange that

become even more unaffordable as listenership grows.

39. The NRBNMLC proposes that noncommercial broadcasters pay a $500 annual

fee for each streamed station or channel for listenership up to 400 average listeners annually,

which modifies the current statutory fees in two respects. First, it increases the listener threshold

from 218 average listeners to 400 average listeners. The 159,140 monthly ATH threshold for

noncommercial broadcasters has been in the regulations since 2006. I understand that that ATH

threshold was adopted based on listening levels of certain noncommercial streaming stations at

that time, and I believe that it is reasonable for noncommercial broadcasters to be given some

“breathing room” given that 10 years will have passed by the time that the rates set in this

proceeding go into effect in 2016.

40. Second, the NRBNMLC proposes annual, rather than monthly, ATH thresholds.

Calculating ATH annually is easier to administer with tiered flat fees based on listenership, as

each fee threshold may be crossed only once, rather than up to 12 times, during the course of the

year. It also will allow noncommercial broadcasters to preserve unused ATH from month to

month, balancing out unpredictable spikes in listening, while still streaming to no more than the

average number of listeners permitted by the threshold on an annual basis.

41. Above this $500 threshold, the NRBNMLC proposes additional annual flat fees of

$200 for each additional 100 average listeners, up to an overall annual fee cap of $1,500 per

streamed station or channel, which would cover 900 average listeners and above. I believe that

including these additional flat fee tiers will encourage stations that currently cap their

listenership to avoid usage fees to remove – or at least raise – those caps in certain instances

because a flat fee structure is much more affordable and predictable for them to pay. This may

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well lead many noncommercial broadcasters to pay SoundExchange more than the $500 annual

fee than those that do so now.

42. Adoption of a tiered flat fee structure would not be the first time that such a

structure has been applied to noncommercial broadcasters. NewLife FM and other

noncommercial broadcasters have long paid ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC flat fee royalties under

37 C.F.R. § 381.6 for performing musical compositions on their broadcast stations. I do not

believe that the fee levels in these tiers are in any way appropriate to apply to streaming, as these

fees cover noncommercial broadcasters’ core over-the-air audience, not their streaming audience,

which undoubtedly is much smaller. In NewLife FM’s case, for example, we do not have direct

measurements of our broadcast audience, but we do have a mailing list of our most active

listeners, which is updated every three years to remove people who have not donated to our

station. Right now, there are 3,957 people on our list. That number is much smaller than our

total broadcast audience, as the list only identifies people who have donated to our ministry in

the last three years and does not capture other listeners. Our streaming audience, by contrast, is

fewer than 10 average listeners, and it never exceeds 100 listeners at a time. In other words, our

broadcast audience is exponentially larger than our streaming audience, and fee amounts set for

broadcast radio would vastly exceed what would be appropriate for noncommercial streaming.

43. In 2016, combined ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC fees range from $1,486 per station

for smaller market stations to $13,163 for stations in the largest markets in the United States. In

other words, no matter how large a station’s terrestrial audience becomes, it will not owe more

than $13,163 copyright fees for performing musical compositions. Given that streaming

audiences are highly likely to be a tiny fraction of the parallel broadcast audiences, and even

recognizing that the right to perform musical compositions is different from the right to perform

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sound recordings, these amounts are far above where I believe reasonable fees for streaming

sound recordings should be set. I believe that the NRBNMLC’s proposed $1,500 cap compares

favorably for copyright owners given the vast difference in audience sizes. Where virtually every

dollar that NewLife FM pays to SoundExchange in royalties comes from our listeners (about

90%) or corporate sponsors (about 10%), I believe that fees capped at $1,500 for noncommercial

broadcasters are reasonable for both those non-profit entities and copyright owners.

44. Finally, SoundExchange itself has been willing to accept modest flat fees to cover

sound recording performances by noncommercial broadcasters in its effort to seek legislation

requiring radio broadcasters to pay for those performances over the air. NewLife FM does not –

and never has had to – pay royalties for performing sound recordings on its broadcast stations,

and it strongly opposes any legislation that would impose such an obligation. We see firsthand

how much record companies and artists seek out airplay on our stations, even when they are

receiving no copyright royalties for those performances. See NRBNMLC Exs. 3-8.

45. Having said that, it is telling that SoundExchange strongly supports legislation

that would have imposed such an obligation, but would have permitted noncommercial

broadcasters to pay $500 annually for smaller stations and no more than $1,000 for even the

largest noncommercial stations in the United States. SoundExchange’s strong support of this

proposed legislation has been reported in the press. See, e.g., Music Industry News Network,

SoundExchange Welcomes Introduction of the Performance Rights Act,

http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?ej=md&press_nb=117021. SoundExchange has even posted

the proposed legislation on its website. See

http://www.soundexchange.com/advocacy/performance-rights-act/. Again, by pointing to this

bill, I emphatically am not endorsing any legislation that would grant such a right – it would be

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neither reasonable nor fair given that radio is one of the recording industry’s greatest friends by

giving free publicity for their recordings every time those recordings are broadcast. I only refer

to it to observe that if SoundExchange has been willing to accept no more than a $1,000 annual

flat fee from noncommercial broadcasters for performing sound recordings over their broadcast

stations if such a right were granted, it is reasonable for SoundExchange to accept no more than a

$1,500 annual flat fee from noncommercial broadcasters for streamed sound recording

performances, where listenership is far smaller.

TERMS

46. I understand that the NRBNMLC is proposing that the Judges amend the current

definition of “aggregate tuning hours” (“ATH”) to clarify that programs that do not include

copyrighted sound recordings do not count in determining a webcaster’s ATH for a particular

period. I fully support this request. I am not allowed to describe my own rates and terms, but

the current statutory rates and terms for noncommercial educational webcasters use ATH

thresholds both to determine whether a webcaster owes more than $500 a year (only if it exceeds

159,140 ATH/month) and whether a webcaster must file reports of music use (only if a

webcaster exceeds 55,000 annual ATH and then only sample reporting of two weeks per

calendar quarter unless it exceeds 159,140 ATH per month). 37 C.F.R. §§ 380.22(b), 380.23(g).

The statutory rates for noncommercial webcasters include the same ATH fee threshold. Id.

§ 380.3(a)(2). NewLife FM transmits many hours of talk programming, and I do not think that

it is reasonable for this programming to count toward meeting these thresholds when NewLife

FM receives no value from its statutory license payment for program segments that do not

include sound recordings. This clarification is particularly important for us because our peak

streaming listenership occurs between 9 a.m. and noon, when we are transmitting teaching and

talk programming.

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47. I understand that the NRBNMLC is requesting that the Copyright Royalty Judges

require SoundExchange to send automated reminder notices by electronic mail to

noncommercial licensees at least one month before the annual minimum fee payment is due.

NewLife FM strongly supports this proposal. When NewLife FM owes money to a third party

with whom it has a business relationship, we typically receive an invoice letting us know of the

payment due date. This greatly assists us in keeping track of the bills that we need to pay. I

understand that SoundExchange administers a public statutory license rather than a private

license between individual parties, but so do ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC for NewLife FM’s

broadcasting operations. Each of these three organizations sends NewLife FM annual invoices

to remind us of the payments that we owe them. We have asked SoundExchange to do the same,

but it refused – no other entity with whom we do business, and to whom we must send money,

has ever done so. Therefore, I support the NRBNMLC’s request that SoundExchange be

required to send such reminders, which would be particularly helpful to noncommercial licensees

so that they do not accidentally forget to pay on time. The NRBNMLC is only proposing a once-

yearly automated email reminder where a noncommercial licensee has previously provided its

email address to SoundExchange on a statement of account or other form. I do not believe that it

would be especially burdensome to SoundExchange if it were to provide such a reminder.

48. I also strongly support the NRBNMLC’s request that SoundExchange send a

follow-up email to acknowledge receipt of a royalty payment. Any non-profit organization to

whom we send funds, for any reason, always sends an official receipt back. With

SoundExchange, there is no paper trail of funds exchanged or what they are used for. We are

concerned that this lack of a follow up receipt, particularly in the absence of an invoice, may

cause an issue for us in the areas of our annual financial reviews or an audit by our CPA firm.

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The NRBNMLC is only requesting an email from SoundExchange acknowledging receipt of a

royalty payment, so I do not believe that these acknowledgments would be all that burdensome

to implement.

49. I understand that the requirements regarding the information that webcasters must

report about the sound recordings that they transmit are being addressed in a separate rulemaking

proceeding, but I would like to urge the Judges to consider carefully the reporting requirements

that apply to noncommercial licensees in that context. Providing multiple pieces of information

for every sound recording that we play during a particular period – even during a period of only a

week or two each quarter – is very burdensome for broadcasters such as NewLife FM, which

only has six staff members, who already wear multiple hats. In fact, it is not uncommon for

NewLife FM to receive requests from “indie” artists to air their music and for them to submit

songs to us that are not part of any CD project or affiliated with any record label. In fact, within

the past month, a nationally known artist, who formerly collaborated with a national label

company but is now “independent,” sent us a single song via electronic delivery system that was

not yet part of any named album. In cases like these, it is impossible to provide album and label

information, yet that information is required on reports submitted to SoundExchange. It is

additionally burdensome for those stations that air “oldies” songs from projects and labels long

forgotten to provide album and label information. I request that the Judges weigh the burdens

that would be imposed on noncommercial licensees from these requirements. Noncommercial

licensees typically have far fewer resources, staff, and technology than commercial licensees to

prepare these reports. They also typically do not pay nearly as much in royalties as most

commercial webcasters do, so there is less money to be distributed.




WRITTEN DIRECT TESTIMONY OF GENE HENES, THE PRAISE NETWORK, INC. (On behalf of the National Religious Broadcasters

Noncommercial Music License Committee)

INTRODUCTION

1. My name is Gene Henes. I am the President of the Board of Directors of The

Praise Network, Inc., a nonprofit religious organization based in O’Neill, Nebraska. I co-host

the noon hour – broadcasting news, music, and other short information – on Good News Radio

and also appear on-air during our stations’ annual fundraisers. The Praise Network provides

Christian broadcasting that spiritually enriches and informs our listeners. The Praise Network

owns nine radio stations and FM translators that primarily cover areas with low population

density in portions of Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, and Colorado.

Background and Experience In Noncommercial Christian Radio Broadcasting

2. I first became aware of The Praise Network as a devoted listener back in about

1989, shortly after the first station, KGRD-FM, went on the air. At the time, I was farming and

had a lot of slow time during the off-season. Despite my lack of formal broadcast training, I

contacted KGRD to see if there were any positions open. I was hired in 1992 as an

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overnight/weekend on-air announcer. I have been employed at The Praise Network continuously

since 1992 except for two years when I stepped away to work in the newspaper business. I have

progressed up the ranks and have worked in a variety of broadcasting positions, including

program director, music director, station manager, and now President and member of The Praise

Network’s Board of Directors. I am very familiar with the realities of transmitting

noncommercial radio as well as with all aspects of The Praise Network’s over-the-air and

streaming activities.

3. Having been involved in Christian radio for so long, I have come into contact

with other Christian and noncommercial broadcasters and have some familiarity with their

experiences and practices. Most of these contacts I have made while attending annual National

Religious Broadcasters International Christian Media Convention and Exposition – a non-

partisan international association of committed Christian broadcasters and communicators

coming together to promote their missions through every electronic medium available (radio,

television, Internet, and other media). The Annual NRB convention is the largest nationally and

internationally recognized event dedicated solely to assisting those in the field of Christian

communications. It is the best place to network with leaders in the field, to promote a program,

and to obtain serious industry training. I also have attended NRB’s conferences for the Midwest

region, as well as conferences of the Nebraska Broadcasters Association. We are also members

of the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Kansas Association of Broadcasters and send staff

to their conferences.

4. In my experience, noncommercial stations differ from commercial broadcasters in

key respects. First, they are non-profit organizations, so all broadcasting activities are directed at

advancing religious, educational, charitable, or other non-profit goals rather than making an

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economic profit for the benefit of owners and investors. Second, they are prohibited from selling

advertisements to support their operations, and typically must depend largely on voluntary

donations and/or funding from private institutions such as universities or, in the case of National

Public Radio, from the government. On the other hand, all radio broadcasters are different from

music services like Pandora and Rhapsody in that their main business is broadcasting, and

streaming is a secondary service. Radio broadcasting is also much more personality driven and

personal than digital music services like Pandora, which play music without any trusted on-air

talent to provide commentary and do not maintain a local presence or connection with the

communities where their listeners reside.

The Praise Network

5. The Praise Network was founded in 1988 by Herb Roszhart as a non-profit

organization to operate KGRD-FM, which began broadcasting in 1987 with an Inspirational

format. Mr. Roszhart had assisted a local group in the Orchard, Nebraska area in building

KGRD-FM and getting it up and running. He then assumed a leadership position at that station.

6. The mission statement of The Praise Network states, “Every endeavor will be

toward glorifying God and turning hearts toward Christ through programs of instruction,

information and inspiration.” The goal of The Praise Network is to bring Christian Radio to

rural communities and to assist churches in reaching their local areas with the Christian message.

As a religious non-profit organization, it is not our goal to make money operating our stations –

our clear mission is to spread the word of Christ to our listeners.

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Our Radio Stations

7. The Praise Network operates Christian radio stations in four geographic areas in

the Midwest. First, the “Good News Radio” group of five radio stations: KGRD 105.3 FM,

licensed to Orchard, Nebraska, with studios in O’Neill, Nebraska; KGKD 90.5 FM, licensed to

Columbus, Nebraska; KPNO 90.9 FM, licensed to Norfolk, Nebraska; KGRJ 89.9 FM, licensed

to Chamberlain, South Dakota; and KGRH 88.1 FM, licensed to Mitchell, South Dakota. The

signals from these stations are complemented by FM translators in Burwell, Nebraska;

Ainsworth, Nebraska; Platte, South Dakota; and Yankton, South Dakota. All Good News Radio

stations and translators simulcast the same feed. Good News Radio broadcasts a mix of

approximately 50% Christian Contemporary Music and 50% nationally syndicated Christian

programming. Talk and teaching programs include: Focus on the Family (Jim Daly); Insight for

Living (Chuck Swindoll); Family Talk (James Dobson); Turning Point (David Jeremiah);

Legacy Moment (Crawford Loritts); Take It To Heart (Christin Ditchfield); A New Beginning

(Greg Laurie); Listen to the Bible (Max McLean); A Word with You (Ron Hutchcraft); Lighten

Up (Ken Davis); Citizen Link (Stuart Shepard); Janet Parshall Commentary; And That's The

Power (Keith Becker); Reaching Your World (Luis Palau); Knowing God (Greg Laurie); Key

Life (Steve Brown); My Money Life (Chuck Bentley); A Quick Word (Beth Moore); Missions

Network News (Greg Yoder); Adventures in Odyssey (Focus on the Family); Unshackled

(Pacific Garden Mission); World & National News (Salem Radio Network); and Nebraska and

South Dakota News (Associated Press). NRBNMLC Exhibit 11 is a schedule published by

Good News Radio, laying out the regular programming on our stations. Good News Radio staff

members serve as on-air personalities during almost all music segments.

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8. Second, “Tri-State Praise KGCR” is a Christian radio station broadcasting on

107.7 FM, licensed to Goodland, Kansas and serving Northwestern Kansas. The station is

simulcast on KGCD in Wray, Colorado, as well as through FM translators in Cheyenne Wells,

Colorado, and McCook, Nebraska. KGCR first went on the air in March 1988. The station was

started by Allen and Doris Quenzer and Herb Roszhart to support area churches and Christian

ministries and to meet the spiritual needs of the tri-state area. It was donated to The Praise

Network on October 1, 1998. Similar to Good News Radio, KGCR currently airs approximately

50% Christian Contemporary Music and 50% nationally syndicated Christian programming.

NRBNMLC Exhibit 12 is a schedule published by KGCR that lays out the regular programming

on those stations. Christian talk and teaching programs heard on KGCR include: Turning Point

(David Jeremiah); Lighten Up (Ken Davis); Family Life Today (Dennis Rainey); Lighthouse

Report; Our Daily Bread; Living on the Edge (Chip Ingram); Mission Network News; Focus on

the Family Minute; Breakpoint; A New Beginning (Greg Laurie); Focus on the Family (Jim

Daly); Joni & Friends (Joni Tada); Revive Our Hearts (Nancy Leigh Demoss); Insight for Living

(Chuck Swindoll); Truth for Life (Alistair Begg); Adventures in Odyssey; My Utmost for his

Highest; Reaching Your World; Free Indeed; and A New Beginning. KGCR also offers a

secondary signal, called a sub-carrier, which requires a special radio, called KCGR Classic. The

sub-carrier offers 50% Inspirational Christian music and 50% nationally syndicated Christian

programming, including many of the nationally syndicated Christian talk and teaching programs

that air on KGCR. NRBNMLC Exhibit 13 is a schedule published by KGCR Classic that lays

out the regular programming on that station.

9. Third, KPRD 88.9 FM is licensed to Hays, Kansas and simulcast on FM

translators in Phillipsburg (91.1 FM), Hill City (107.3 FM), Lewis (103.5 FM), Pratt 96.1 FM),

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and Bellaire/Lebanon/Smith Center (88.3 FM), Kansas. Like Tri-State Praise and Good News

Radio, KPRD airs approximately 50% Christian Contemporary Music and 50% nationally

syndicated Christian programming (including many of the same programs listed above). KPRD

has translators, but no full-powered repeaters. NRBNMLC Exhibit 14 is a schedule published by

KPRD, laying out its regular programming.

10. Fourth, KMMJ AM 750 is licensed to Grand Island, Nebraska and primarily

serves the Grand Island/Hastings/Kearney area. KMMJ only broadcasts terrestrially during the

daytime hours (sign-on at sunrise; sign-off at sunset) but streams talk programming online 24

hours a day to supply some consistency to listeners who enjoy the broadcast. We added music to

the format in the spring of 2013. The station currently features approximately 60% Christian talk

and teaching (mostly national syndicated programming, such as Dave Ramsey, Janet Parshall’s

“In the Market” and many of the programs listed above), 40% Southern Gospel music, and two

local church services on Sunday mornings. NRBNMLC Exhibit 15 is KMMJ’s program

schedule. Most of our stream for the station at night is talk only, except in the winter months

where sunlight hours are very short.

11. We have a very limited staff. The Praise Network, including all of its stations,

has 26 part and full-time employees. Because our stations are noncommercial stations, we do

not sell any advertising to be run on either our over-the-air broadcasts or our streamed

programming. We are a nonprofit religious organization that depends on donations and other

funding and services from our listeners and network and community underwriters who sponsor

portions of our over-the-air programming (underwriters are credited with brief announcements

identifying them as financial supporters of the radio station, either for a particular program or for

the station in general). Unlike other noncommercial broadcasters, religious broadcasters do not

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receive any funding from the government and most are not affiliated with academic institutions.

Donations from listeners help support just over half of our operations. Just over 35% comes

from underwriters – FCC rules prohibit advertising, but permit contributors of funds to the

station to receive brief on-air acknowledgements. And just over 10% comes from organizations

who produce programming (such as Focus on the Family), which agree to share with us a portion

of the donations they receive from our listeners in return for airing their programming on our

network. Close to 90% of our total revenue comes from cash donations from our local listeners

and underwriters. Therefore, for most religious broadcasters such as The Praise Network, every

donation of any size matters a great deal, and we are very cautious about our spending. Each

station raises the vast majority of its finances for the next year during a single three-and-a-half-

day on-air fundraising event held during the months of September and October.

Streaming Is A Tool We Use To Reach Our Local Listeners.

12. Our stations’ broadcasts may be heard online and are accessible through our main

website, http://praisenetwork.info, and through the stations’ or group’s individual websites.

Certain stations are also available through free apps for smart phones and tablets and a free dial-

in phone service. Tri-State Praise started streaming its broadcasts in May 2006; Good News

Radio in January 2007; KMMJ in April 2009; and KPRD in January 2013.

13. While some religious broadcasters may intend to use streaming as a way for their

message to reach a larger audience, we view our websites and streaming primarily as a

convenience to our local over-the-air audience, to whom we try to provide a useful, inspirational,

and entertaining product. Nearly all of our listeners are within the over-the-air listening area for

our network, and we have learned that our streaming operations assist them in listening to our

broadcasts when they have a low or blocked signal. Some of our listeners, for example, listen to

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the stream while they are at work, where office buildings interfere with reception of our

terrestrial radio signals. Others listen to the streams when the terrestrial signal is inconsistent.

Our AM station has to turn off its terrestrial broadcast at sundown, and the stream is the only

way to continue to serve that audience. For all of these reasons, we believe that streaming is

very beneficial to serve our local audiences and enhance our ministry – particularly considering

our remote, rural locations. We would like to be able to expand our streaming services to make

our broadcast more accessible by our listening audience, if we can do it for a reasonable fee.

14. The number of people listening to our stations’ programming online is small. For

example, in August 2013, just under four people on average listened to KPRD online. Similarly,

just under three people on average listened to The Praise Network in that same month. It appears

that the listening audience for our largest radio group, Good News Radio, grew earlier this year

and sometimes can reach close to 20 simultaneous listeners. The size of the stream audiences

compared to our total listenership is hard to determine, as Nielsen does not serve our small

communities, but I believe, based on my experience, the number of donors that we have, and my

discussions with people in our listening areas, that listeners to our stream are a very small

percentage of our total listenership.

15. We don’t collect any data that would directly indicate the geographic distribution

of our streaming listening audience, but we believe it is fair to assume that the audience roughly

corresponds with our donor list. Last year, we received donations from about 1,650 listeners and

450 underwriters in the ZIP codes within our terrestrial broadcast footprints. Only about 10-12

donations came from areas outside those footprints. Those who live outside our network

broadcast area are generally former members of our community who have moved away, such as

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missionaries, who would like to remain connected to their local communities. I am aware of one

former resident of our area who relocated to Florida and has donated to our stations.

16. We don’t believe that the availability of our programming online is an essential

factor to maintain our over-the-air audience, so we don’t devote many of our limited resources to

grow the online audience and only occasionally promote the fact that we are streaming, except

for KMMJ (which is available only by streaming at night). We promote the stream only as a

convenience to our local listeners. Although it would be nice to reach a larger streaming

audience, it is not our goal for two main reasons: (1) We would have to shift our local focus to

broaden our appeal, forsaking and potentially losing local listeners and donors; and (2) having a

much larger online audience would increase our costs. I can think of only a few instances where

a donor has mentioned our internet stream. By contrast, people tell me that they listen to our

terrestrial broadcast all the time – people tell us that leave their radios on, tuned to our stations,

all day and all night.

17. With limited revenue-generation methods, as described above, any expense for a

noncommercial broadcaster is a large expense. We currently have three different streaming

providers. A company called “Icyshout” streams the Good News Radio network and KPRD

station. SecureNet Systems streams Tri-State Praise. An individual streams our AM station.

We pay Icyshout approximately $180 per station per year, which covers no more than 25

simultaneous listeners during peak listening. In late July, we switched the stream provider for

The Praise Network to Securenet and now pay $49 per month for up to 100 simultaneous

listeners – 100 is more than we need, but it is the lowest tier of service offered by Securenet. For

that additional cost, Securenet also will develop a mobile app for the stations, which we are

testing.

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Our Stations Offer Diverse and Rich Content To Our Audience.

18. The Praise Network and other noncommercial broadcasters – especially religious

broadcasters like us – offer a great deal of creative content and added value to our listenership

that Internet-only webcasters do not. Our content is much more about reaching listeners with a

hope-giving Christian message than it is about just playing music, which only constitutes about

half of our overall programming. Having a Contemporary Christian format for most of our

stations (and Southern Gospel for the AM station), as well as targeted talk and teaching, helps to

reach our target audience of young families.

19. All of our stations are located in very rural areas – the closest metropolitan areas

are at least three to four hours away for most of our listeners. Our stations serve as a vital

connection among the Christian communities in our very broad listening area, and our listeners

connect on a personal level with our on-air personalities. Our listener family is very loyal – they

look at us as friends and family who they have known for a long time.

20. A single music director programs all of our stations except for KMMJ, which I do

personally. Record companies and artists continually try to convince us to play their music.

Many of these requests come directly from record labels, which make it possible for us to be able

to download songs for free from services such as Play MPE (plaympe.com). Record labels

create accounts for us, and notify us through emails about new releases that are available for

download for airplay. NRBNMLC Exhibit 16 shows just a few examples of such emails.

Concert promoters have asked us to conduct phone interviews – and in some cases, in-person

interviews – with artists as they travel through communities in the region.

21. We have received many requests from independent artists asking to be played on

our stations or to make personal appearances on the air. We are unable to accommodate many

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requests for airplay. In fact, because we were receiving so many of these requests, we adopted a

“Local Artist Policy.” In this policy, we encourage artists to submit their music and lyrics so that

we can determine if it would be appropriate for The Praise Network audiences, but remind them

that not all music can or will be played. This policy is available on our websites and is attached

as NRBNMLC Exhibit 17.

22. In addition to our local broadcasts, all of The Praise Network’s radio stations

operate websites and Facebook pages (each of which has 500-800 “likes”) in order to share the

Gospel message and connect with their listeners. NRBNMLC Exhibits 18, 19, 20, and 21 are

excerpts from our station websites. These pages are a representative sample of the content and

features available on our websites, but there is much more information than these exhibits

include. Our websites are places where members of our audience community can go for

information and inspiration. The websites provide detailed information about station programs,

scripture search functions, local weather, and Bible teachings. Our websites also maintain

calendars that provide information about local events of interest to our listeners, such as worship

services, prayer meetings, book sales and other community events. The websites also link to

popular Christian news and blogs, such as Need Him Global and SRN News. Of course, all of

our stations’ websites also include links for donations by listeners and underwriters, for without

the direct support of our listeners, we would not be able to operate. Our radio broadcasts and

websites also feature current news on Christian artists compiled from various sources by

Christian Radio Show Prep Services, such as that shown in NRBNMLC Exhibit 22.

The NRBNMLC’s Fee Proposal

23. We do not pay streaming fees under the statutory rates but under rates set by an

alternative agreement. Nonetheless, our streaming listenership has been low enough so far that

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our stations pay the same $500 annual fee that they would under the statutory rates, which cover

up to 218 annual listeners on average (159,140 monthly listener hours) for that fee.

24. The current $500 fee up to a certain listenership level is just within the bounds of

affordability for us. If costs, including sound recording royalties, were to increase at all,

however, we would have to seriously rethink whether to continue streaming our broadcasts.

While the sound recording rates may appear modest at first glance, if we more aggressively

promoted our online listening and exceeded 218 average listeners, costs would rapidly become

overwhelming under the current rates. We are dependent on the local economy and a shrinking

population base, both of which affect our giving levels, so rising costs would be a huge concern.

If our costs go up, our options are very limited. We could devote more of our time and energy

toward fundraising to try to cover these costs, but there is no guarantee that those efforts would

be successful. They also would divert us from our core ministry and risk alienating our listeners,

whom we want to encourage in their Christian walk, and not annoy by constantly asking them

for funding. Otherwise, we would be forced to cut hours or drop staff. Because the internet

stream is secondary to our broadcast and a service that we provide to our listening community, it

might have to be terminated if fees were to increase.

25. It is important to remember that anytime our costs go up, we must approach our

listeners or local businesses and ask them to donate more money, either as a direct gift or through

an underwriting sponsorship, and there is no assurance that we will be able to raise the additional

money. If we are able to attract a larger streaming audience, that certainly does not translate into

larger revenues for us in the form of advertising. A flat, affordable fee is by far the best, and

possibly the only, way we can keep streaming short of turning away listeners after we hit a

particular threshold because costs must be both manageable and predictable in light of our lack

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of ability to offset increased costs through any kind of advertising. Fees based on listenership or

use would contradict those principles; unless we bar listeners from our streams at a certain level,

which is an extremely unattractive option for a ministry focused on reaching and helping

listeners in our community, these fees would be unpredictable and would not allow us to plan our

all-important fundraising efforts to match our costs. We have seen no interest from underwriters

to support the stream. A significant increase in listenership might result in a few new donors, but

a slight overall increase in donations would be insufficient to cover a large increase in costs –

and, as mentioned above, we would be sacrificing our core local listenership to gain that

audience.

26. When a station’s budget is based largely on small donations from a large number

of listeners, an expense doesn’t need to be that big to force a noncommercial station to cease

operations, or at least cause a station to rethink whether it should continue to engage in activities

that incur that expense. This is particularly true when a noncommercial station’s financial

support doesn’t increase proportionally with increased listenership. That is why it is critical for

the royalty rate imposed on noncommercial broadcasters to be a modest flat fee, with no usage

fee increasing with increased listenership. When our support does not increase in proportion

with our listenership, it is fundamentally unfair that our expenses should do so.

27. For large noncommercial broadcasters, the royalty fees can be very significant.

For example, a noncommercial broadcaster playing 11 songs per hour who reached only 300

average listeners would pay over $18,000 this year under the current rates.1 None of our

stations’ streams have listenership that approaches these numbers, but I am aware of other

1 The $500 minimum annual fee covers 218 average listeners. The other 82 average listeners to 11 tracks per hour, 24 hours per day, 365 days per year at a rate of $0.0023 per track would result in an additional $18,173, and the total annual fee would be $18,673.

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noncommercial stations that do. Some of these broadcasters have made the unappealing choice

of turning listeners away rather than incurring significant costs. Flat, predictable, and affordable

fees are just as important to them as to smaller broadcasters. They, like us, also depend on

listener donations and underwriters to meet budgets; they also need to know their fundraising

goals. Larger stations have larger ministries – their goal, like ours, is to help more people. They

do not make profits to enrich owners or shareholders.

28. I have reviewed and strongly support the NRBNMLC’s fee proposal. As

discussed above, our stations need to have flat, manageable, and predictable rates due to the

unpredictable way in which we raise funding. Usage rates do not make sense for a

noncommercial broadcaster – increasing our audience is motivated by extending our ministry to

more people, not by making more money.

29. The NRBNMLC proposes that noncommercial broadcasters pay a $500 fee for

each streamed station or channel for listenership up to 400 average listeners annually. This

proposal increases the listener threshold from 218 listeners (159,140 monthly ATH, which has

been in effect since 2006) to 400 (292,200 monthly ATH) average listeners, which makes sense

given that 10 years have passed since the threshold of 218 average listeners was first used. The

NRBNMLC also proposes annual ATH thresholds, which allows for variations in listenership

from month to month but still ensures that overall average annual listenership will stay under the

specified limit.

30. I also support the introduction of additional payment tiers, capping at $1,500, in

lieu of usage fees. While The Praise Network’s streaming audiences are significantly below the

current usage fee threshold, I believe that they would help other stations of which I am aware

that approach this threshold and have decided to limit their online audience to avoid usage fees

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as well as those stations that exceed the threshold. If a few additional levels of predictable fee

tiers are added to the $500 baseline fee, I believe that stations would more readily consider

opening up their streams to everyone interested in accessing their programming. The

NRBNMLC further proposes additional flat fee tiers over the minimum fee threshold of $200 for

each additional 100 average listeners, up to an overall annual fee cap of $1,500 per streamed

station or channel – essentially, capping fees for noncommercial stations reaching 900 or more

listeners on average. This would allow noncommercial broadcasters to expand listenership

above current levels with certainty as to needed funding, without fear of costs spiraling out of

control. We already pay flat fees to ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC for using songs in our over-the-

air broadcasts, where our audiences are much larger than the small handful of people who listen

to us online.

31. I support the NRBNMLC’s proposal to amend the current definition of “aggregate

tuning hours” (“ATH”) to make it clear that that programs that do not include copyrighted sound

recordings, such as our talk and teaching programs, do not count in determining ATH for a

particular period. It does not make sense for record companies to benefit from programming that

does not include any of their content.

32. The NRBNMLC also requests that SoundExchange be required to send annual

automated reminder notices by email to noncommercial licensees at least one month before the

minimum fee payment is due. We have very limited staffing and budget to keep track of such

payment deadlines. ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC send annual invoices to remind us of the

payments that we owe them, and it is reasonable to require SoundExchange to adhere to this

established norm.

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33. The NRBNMLC’s request that SoundExchange acknowledge receipt of royalty

payments is reasonable so that we know our payments have been received and applied. In at

least once instance, SoundExchange wrote us three times complaining that a waiver fee had not

been received – it later acknowledged its error after we expended time and effort in order to

prove that we had made the payment. Acknowledgement emails would help to avoid these

issues.

34. I understand that there is an ongoing separate rulemaking proceeding about the

requirements for information reported by webcasters about the sound recordings that they

transmit. I urge the Judges to consider carefully the reporting requirements that apply to

noncommercial licensees – our limited resources and funding are significant barriers to preparing

detailed reports – the cost to prepare the reports could easily well eclipse the amount of the

royalty payments. This is particularly reasonable, considering the typically much smaller

amounts of money paid by noncommercial broadcasters that SoundExchange must distribute.

NRBNMLC Ex. 1

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On NewLife FM, the music is a comfortable blend of Inspirational, Light Contemporary and Praise & Worship. You can also expect to hear NewLife FM's commitment to the great hymns of the Church and the gospel songs of our Christian heritage. Monday - Friday:12:05 AM, Music throught the night and early morning5:30 AM, Our Daily Bread - RBC Ministries5:35 AM, New Mornings - Pete Chagnon6:00 AM, SRN News 6:02 AM, Georgia News You Can Use6:04 AM, New Mornings with Pete Chagnon continues6:30 AM, Focus On The Family - Jim Daly7:00 AM, SRN News7:02 AM, Georgia News You Can Use

Friday - Georgia Insight With Sue Ella Deadwyler7:04 AM, New Mornings with Pete Chagnon continues7:30 AM, "Hey Howard" - Howard Dayton 7:45 AM, Friday - Plugged In Movie Review8:00 AM, SRN News8:02 AM, Georgia News You Can Use8:05 AM, New Mornings with Pete Chagnon continues8:45 AM, Fresh Touch - 2 Minutes with Pastor Randy Valimont8:55 AM, Throne of Grace Prayer Time8:59 AM, New Beginnings - Miriam Neff9:00 AM, The Alternative - Dr. Tony Evans9:29 AM, Get Hope - Lauren Libby9:30 AM, Just Thinking - Ravi Zacharias9:45 AM, Running to Win - Dr. Erwin Lutzer10:00 AM, Turning Point - Dr. David Jeremiah 10:27 AM, Redeeming the Time - Rick Grubbs10:30 AM, Leading the Way - Dr. Michael Youssef 11:00 AM, News11:05 AM, Revive Our Hearts - Nancy Leigh DeMoss 11:30 AM, InTouch - Dr. Charles Stanley12:00 PM, News 12:05 PM, Music

Friday - The Peach State Post Community Calendar12:10 PM, Georgia Town Crier (Friday, only when available)12:30 PM, The Public Square with David Zenotti12:32 PM, Music1:00 PM, Music1:55 PM, Max McLean - Listen to the Bible2:00 PM, News2:05 PM, Midday with Doug Doran2:30 PM, Joni and Friends2:45 PM, Throne of Grace prayer time2:34 PM, Midday with Doug Doran continues3:30 PM, MoneyWise - Howard Dayton and Steve Moore4:00 PM, Adventures in Odyssey4:27 PM, Answers in Genesis - Ken Ham 4:30 PM, Music4:45 PM, Uncommon Moments – Tony Dungy5:00 PM, In the Market with Janet Parshall6:00 PM, In the Market with Janet Parshall continues7:00 PM, SRN News7:05 PM, Hope Out Loud - Jen Barrick

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GeorgiaNews You Can Use

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How to Turn Personal Obstacles into Triumphs

Tried-and-True Potty Training Tips to Ease Your Child’s Transition

Five Tips for Haunting Your House this Halloween

Housing Counseling Can Help You Turn the American Dream into a Reality

How to Help a Loved One Get through a Tough Time

New Educational Opportunities for Georgia Veterans

Georgians: Protect Your Family and Property from Disasters

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7:06 PM, Music7:30 PM, Get Hope - Lauren Libby8:05 PM, SRN News8:05 PM, Mon., Wed., Fri. - Max McLean - Listen to the Bible

Tuesday - Uniting People with God - Pastor Tim ConortThursday - A Word from the Lord - Dr. Foley Beach

8:30 PM, Monday - Making Life Fit - Pastor Archie NormanTuesday - Apples Of Gold - Pastor Benny TateThursday - Living A Legacy - Dr. Crawford Loritts

9:00 PM, SRN News9:05 PM, NewLife at Night with Jim Stewart 9:30 PM, Legacy Moment - Crawford Loritts10:00 PM, SRN News10:05 PM, NewLife at Night with Jim Stewart continues10:15 PM, Insights - Chuck Swindoll11:00 PM, NewLife at Night with Jim Stewart continues11:55 PM, Throne of Grace

Saturday:

12:05 AM, Music through the night/early morning8:30 AM - 9:00 AM, Paws & Tales9:00 AM - 9:30 AM, Adventures in Odyssey9:30 AM - 10:00 AM, Lamplighter Theatre10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON, Open Line - Call in Bible Q&A12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM, Music1:00 PM, Life with Purpose Radio - Georgia Baptist Convention2:05 PM, Georgia Town Crier (when available)5:00 PM, Fresh Touch - Pastor Randy Valimont6:05 PM, Apples of Gold - Pastor Benny Tate7:00 PM, Gaither Homecoming Radio 8:00 PM - 12:00 Midnight, Southern Majesty

Sunday:12:00 AM, Music through the night/early morning6:00 AM, Music7:00 AM, Sounds of Joy with Dave Freelan7:30 AM, Let My People Think - Ravi Zacharias 7:55 AM, Word to Life - Steve Cook8:00 AM - 11:00 AM, Sunday Morning Praise with Joe Emert11:00 AM, Music12:00 PM, Sunday Afternoon Praise1:00 PM, Life with Purpose Radio - Georgia Baptist Convention2:30 PM, Unshackled! - Pacific Garden Mission, Chicago4:00 PM, Focus On The Family Weekend5:00 PM, Fresh Touch - Pastor Randy Valimont6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, Front Porch Bluegrass Revival - Pete Chagnon8:30 PM, Music9:00 PM, Cradle My Heart - Kim Ketola10:00 PM - 12:00 Midnight, Music

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From: Sabina Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 6:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Touchbase on 'He Reigns!' CD Hi Joe, Trust all is well with you. It was a great pleasure meeting with you at Babbie Mason's inner circle conference this past Saturday. Your exposition on what the radio industry looks out for in Indie artists as well as your heart and 90.7fm's mission of sharing the gospel through song is a tremendous blessing. As a reminder, I am Sabina (the Indie artist Babbie mentioned had come from Africa) during the radio live taping :o) As mentioned when we spoke, I wanted to touchbase on if you had a chance to listen to the project: 'He Reigns!' I am excited about what God has been doing thus far with it ‐ It showcased on the Babbie's House TV show last month and also on the Bobby Jones Gospel Presents TV show. My heart's cry is to share with believers and all listeners God's desire for intimacy with man through worship and hence this project captures some classic hymns as well as original songs of praise and worship the Lord put in my spirit during worship and prayer. I would greatly appreciate it and will be truly thrilled if you could please share your thoughts on the project and advise if songs from this work could air on New Life! I am happy to mail another copy as well if need be. Attached are links to my website as well as a you tube link to an Easter song I wrote based on Psalm 22 (He Chose the nails) and a CD sampler MIX of the project. Please feel free to reach me at 404‐683‐ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPWGQKjkLtk www.sabinamusic.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mb7aeAk69M God's Blessings, In His Service, Sabina

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‐‐‐‐‐Original Message‐‐‐‐‐ From: Elizabeth South Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 6:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Thank you for playing "I Love You (feat. Vince Gill)" Dear Jim, Thank you so much for playing my song, "I Love You (feat. Vince Gill)" on your radio station Valentine's Day! I am so deeply honored and grateful to you for doing this! Please feel free to play it after Valentine's Day as well. This song was written as a prayer from me to God. Let me know if you need anything else from me! God bless you always, Elizabeth South http://www.elizabethsouth.com 919‐608‐ ‐‐‐ This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

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From: Tag, Fred Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 10:42 AM To: 'Jim Stewart' Cc: Joe Emert; Doug Doran Subject: RE: Heather's Music on NewLife FM Jim, Thank you very much for the details, what a blessing that you’ve selected six songs! We so very much appreciate all that you’ve done for Heather! Heaven and Earth Proclaim is her brand new and only CD at this time. Heather continues to write along with a passion to minister through music. Her main focus right now is getting her music ministry off the ground through opportunities to minister. It was a true blessing that Bro. Joe was able to experience Heather’s concert at New Testament Baptist Church. I have attached an informational letter concerning Heather’s ministry, please feel free to pass it along to whomever you please. Thanks again for all you do for the cause of Christ; the ministry of New Live FM is truly a blessing!!! If I can ever be of service to you or your ministry, it would be my privilege! Have a blessed day, Fred Tag Pastor NTBC 678‐634‐ Proverbs 3:5‐6 From: Jim Stewart [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 8:32 AM To: Tag, Fred Cc: Joe Emert; Doug Doran Subject: Heather's Music on NewLife FM Dear Pastor Tag, We have added six songs from Heather’s first CD you gave us and the songs have been rotating through the day‐parts mixed with our other music. We do look forward to her new CD and will review it and add the music that fits our format requirements. Thank you so much for sharing her music with us. God bless you and your ministry. Jim Stewart – Operations Director Host of NewLife at Night Life Radio Ministries, Inc. NewLife FM 100 S. Hill Street, Suite 100 Griffin, GA 30223

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From: Billy Smiley [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 1:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: WMVV/WMVW

1/31/13

Hey Jim,

This is Billy Smiley of the Christian Rock Group “White Heart”. I have had the great opportunity to work and produce an exciting new band called “Next 2 Nothing”.

I recorded their debut worship release ‘In Every Corner’ which just came out in the summer. I am also helping them out in the management area and trying to connect the dots along the way.

We are so excited to see your station add their 1st single ‘In Every Corner’ to your playlist. Thank you so much, because of your commitment to the song, it is the #1 song in the US being played by an independent artist!

I have not been involved in the radio arena for a few years since White Heart’s last #1 single, so I would love to see what changes are happening out there, and what we can do that can help you promote the song. We are also gearing up for touring more than ever this summer. Are there ways you can help us connect with promoters in your area to come and play, so that together I can formulate a game-plan that helps everyone out by furthering the ministry of Next 2 Nothing? Let me know. Also - look for the next single "Nothing Without You" coming next month!

Would love to have you call me anytime @ 480-254- to talk! We would love to send 2 complimentary CD’s as giveaways on your station, so could you please send me an address to send those to?

Thanks so much for your time. Sincerely,

Billy Smiley

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From: Antonio Phelon [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 3:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Thanks Jim!!

Hello Jim,

My name is antonio neal from Madison Line Records. I would like to say thank you and WMVV/ WMVW Radio for choosing to play Lights Aligns first radio single "Your Name". These young people are from our school Visible Music College here in Memphis Tn. They are touring around the US & Canada this summer leading youth groups and churches in Worship and Praise of King Jesus. If there is anything that you need from us i.e. radio drops, on air interviews, more information please don't hesitate to let me know and we will make that happen as soon as we can. Feel free to check out Visible Music College @ www.visible.edu. Again, thank you so much for allowing your listening audience to experiencing "Your Name" by Lights Align.

God Bless,

antonio

-- Antonio Neal COO Madison Line Records 287 Madison Avenue Memphis, TN 38103 www.madisonlinerecords.com www.visible.edu


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From: Gina Adams [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 11:48 AM To: Jim Stewart Subject: quick follow up Hi Jim, I hope you are doing well. Just checking on a few CDs we have sent your way. Would love to get your feedback on any of the songs you might be considering for airplay from the following projects:

Larnelle Harris: LARNELLE LIVE IN NASHVILLE Jill Miller: GRACE FINDS WINGS (Thanks for playing "Investing in Eternity"!)

Jennifer Shaw: SOMEDAY Jean Watson: THE PLACE YOU HAVE FOR ME Priscilla Ouellette: NEARER

Thank you!

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From: Gretchen Dill [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of CRW Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 11:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Give this New AC Single a Listen! Impacting Radio Now

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ALBUM: Alive In You Tonight - Single Only WRITERS: Whitlee Casey LICENSING: © 2014 Whitlee Casey (ASCAP) SONG LENGTH: 4:10 FORMAT: AC CONTACT: [email protected]

WEBSITE: www.whitleecaseymusic.com

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From: Gretchen Dill [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of CRW Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 2:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Was he the Canadian Michael W. Smith? Steve Bell Releases New Single "Turn It Around"

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ALBUM: Pilgrimage WRITERS: Steve Bell, Malcolm Guite LICENSING: © 2014 Signpost Music (SOCAN) SONG LENGTH: 3:40 FORMAT: AC / INSPO CONTACT: [email protected]

WEBSITE: www.stevebell.com




From: Gretchen Dill [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of CRW Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 11:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: An Upbeat Joyful New Single for Your Station

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ALBUM: Joy WRITER: Dawn Holt Lauber LICENSING: © 2014 Dawn Holt Lauber Music (ASCAP) SONG LENGTH: 3:27 FORMAT: AC / INSPO / Gospel CONTACT: [email protected] [email protected]

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Good News RadioMonday-Friday

[Saturday] [Sunday]

12:30 AM Focus on the FamilyJim Daly

1:30 AM Insight for LivingChuck Swindoll

2:30 AM Family TalkJames Dobson

3:30 AM Turning PointDavid Jeremiah

4:30 AM Legacy MomentCrawford Loritts

4:45 AM Take It To HeartChristin Ditchfield

5:35 AM A New BeginningGreg Laurie

6:35 AM Listen to the BibleMax McLean

6:45 AM A Word with YouRon Hutchcraft

7:35 AM Break PointChuck Colson

7:45 AM Lighten UpKen Davis

8:35 AM Citizen LinkStuart Shepard

8:45 AM Janet Parshall CommentaryJanet Parshall (Monday)

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http://www.myfamilytalk.com/

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http://www.takeittoheartradio.com/

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http://www.listenersbible.com/

http://www.hutchcraft.com/

http://www.breakpoint.org/

http://www.kendavis.com/

http://www.citizenlink.com/

http://www.moodyradio.org/janetparshallcommentary/

8:45 AM Plugged In Movie ReviewBob Waliszewski (Tues. & Fri.)

8:45 AM And That's The PowerKeith Becker (Wednesday)

9:30 AM Focus on the FamilyJim Daly

10:15 AM Reaching Your WorldLuis Palau


11:30 AM My Family TalkJames Dobson

11:45 AM Knowing GodGreg Laurie

12:30 AM Citizen LinkStuart Shepard

12:45 AM Key LifeSteve Brown

1:30 PM Take It To HeartChristin Ditchfield

1:45 PM And That's the PowerKeith Becker (Monday)

1:45 PM Plugged In Movie ReviewBob Waliszewski (Wed. & Fri.)

2:30 PM My Money LifeChuck Bentley

2:45 PM A Word with YouRon Hutchcraft

3:30 PM A New BeginningGreg Laurie

4:31 PM Legacy Moment

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4:45 PM A Quick WordBeth Moore

5:30 PM Missions Network NewsGreg Yoder

5:45 PM Lighten UpKen Davis

6:30 PM Adventures in OdysseyJohn Avery Whittaker

7:30 PM My Money LifeChuck Bentley

8:30 PM Turning PointDavid Jeremiah

9:30 PM Family TalkJames Dobson

10:30 PM UnshackledPacific Garden Mission

11:45 PM Key LifeSteve Brown

World & National Newsevery half hour

Nebraska and South Dakota News6:00 AM, 6:30 AM7:00 AM, 7:30AM8:00 AM, 8:30AM9:00 AM, 12:30 PM4:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 6:00 PM

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http://srnnews.townhall.com/

http://www.norfolkdailynews.com/

http://yankton.net/

Program ScheduleSaturday

[Weekdays] [Sunday]

12:30 AM Living a LegacyCrawford Loritts


2:30 AM Living on the EdgeChip Ingram

3:30 AM Turning PointDavid Jeremiah

4:30 AM Mission Network NewsGreg Yoder

5:30 AM A New BeginningGreg Laurie

7:45 AM Science Scripture & SalvationJohn Morris

8:30 AM Adventures in OdysseyJohn Avery Whittaker

9:30 AM Mission Network NewsGreg Yoder

10:00 AM 20 Countdown MagazineJon Rivers

2:30 PM Living on the EdgeChip Ingram

5:05 PM CCM Radio Magazine

6:30 PM Adventures in OdysseyJohn Avery Whittaker

8:30 PM A New BeginningGreg Laurie



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Nebraska and South Dakota News7:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 9:00 AM & Noon

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Program ScheduleSunday

[Weekdays] [Saturday]

12:05 AM 20 Countdown MagazineJon Rivers

2:30 AM Words to Live ByBarbara Follis

3:30 AM Truth for LifeAlistair Begg

4:30 AM UnshackledPacific Garden Mission

5:30 AM Let My People ThinkRavi Zacharius

6:05 AM In the MarketJanet Parshall


9:30 AM And That's the PowerKeith Becker

10:30 AM Truth for LifeAlistair Begg

11:30 AM Words to Live ByBarbara Follis

12:30 PM Mission Network NewsGreg Yoder

12:45 PM The Story TellerWithout Reservation

2:30 PM Living a LegacyCrawford Loritts

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http://www.truthforlife.org/

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http://www.moodyradio.org/inthemarketwithjanetparshall/


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4:05 PM 20 Countdown MagazineJon Rivers

6:30 PM Let My People ThinkRavi Zacharius

8:30 PM Turning PointDavid Jeremiah


Word and National Newsevery half hour

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08:00AM News Roundup08:15AM Music08:30AM SRN News08:31AM My Money Life08:35AM Music09:00AM SRN News09:06AM Music09:30AM Markets09:35AM A New Beginning (Greg Laurie)10:00AM SRN News10:06AM Music10:30AM Focus on the Family (Jim Daly)11:00AM SRN News11:06AM Music11:30AM Joni & Friends (Joni Tada)11:35AM Revive Our Hearts (Nancy Leigh Demoss)12:00PM News Roundup12:15PM Music12:30PM Markets12:35PM Family Life Today (Dennis Rainey)01:00PM SRN News01:06PM Music01:30PM Insight for Living (Chuck Swindoll)02:00PM SRN News02:06PM Music02:30PM Moneywise (Howard Dayton)03:00PM SRN News03:06PM Music03:30PM Truth for Life (Alistair Begg)04:00PM SRN News04:06PM Music04:30PM SRN News04:31PM Markets04:32PM Lightenup (Ken Davis)04:35PM Music05:00PM News Roundup05:15PM Music06:00PM SRN News06:06PM Music06:30PM Adventures in Odyssey07:00PM SRN News07:06PM Music07:30PM My Utmost for his Highest07:33PM Reaching Your World07:35PM Music08:00PM SRN News08:06PM Music08:30PM Free Indeed08:35PM Turning Point09:00PM SRN News



09:06PM Music09:30PM A New Beginning10:00PM SRN News10:06PM Music10:30PM Focus on the Family11:00PM SRN News11:06PM Music11:30PM Joni and Friends11:35PM Music

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10/3/2014 Classic KGCR Program Guide - Tri-State Praise & Classic KGCR

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Subject: Fw: New Release from Chris Tomlin "Jesus Loves Me" On sixstepsrecords

Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 21:13:10 -0500 From: Bill Taylor <[email protected]>

To: Gene <[email protected]> From: Capitol CMG National Promotion Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 9:45 AM To: Bill Taylor Subject: New Release from Chris Tomlin "Jesus Loves Me" On sixstepsrecords

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Subject: Ellie Holcomb's new single "Marvelous Light"!

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From: Matt Ingle Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 4:23 PM To: Bill Taylor Subject: Ellie Holcomb's new single "Marvelous Light"!

Ellie Holcomb

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"Praises to be to the one who has called us out of the darkness and into His marvelous light." - 1 Peter 2:9

"This song tells my own story of discovering that we can be both fully known AND fully loved by God because of what Jesus did on the cross. I was like a white washed tomb for years, hiding any pain or trouble in my life to appear like I had it all together; and in God's mercy, He called me out of hiding and into the freedom of being accepted and loved in spite of all my brokenness." - Ellie Holcomb

Following a remarkable year that's consisted of an AC Top 10 debut single "The Broken Beautiful," played on 74 reporting AC and Hot AC/CHR stations, two Dove Award nominations (New Artist of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year) and several dates on Crowder's Neon Steeple Tour this fall, Ellie Holcomb caps off 2014 with the release of her vibrant second single - and a fan favorite - "Marvelous Light"!

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Following their hit singles "Build Your Kingdom Here" and "My Lighthouse," Irish worshipers REND COLLECTIVE raise the bar yet again with "MORE THAN CONQUERORS," the brand new radio anthem from their critically acclaimed, chart-topping album THE ART OF CELEBRATION. Nominated for the Dove Awards, Rend Collective are known for pushing artistic boundaries, daring the faithful to re-imagine worship and community. Following a busy tour schedule in North America and the UK, Rend starts THE ART OF CELEBRATION TOUR this September in 35+ US markets (click here to check the tour calendar to see if their coming to your area). Hailed for their rootsy, foot-stomping energy and organic instrumentation, Rend Collective is a group of friends collectively wondering how to make sense of the conundrum of life, God and community. The band's name is a nod to the places in Scripture where believers are advised to "rend your hearts," a bold call to be genuine.

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October 6, 20142 Peter 1:3His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life throughour knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.

October 7, 20142 Peter 1:16 & 17aFor we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about thecoming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of hismajesty. He received honor and glory from God the Father

October 8, 20142 Peter 1:20&21Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came aboutby the prophet’s own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had itsorigin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God asthey were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

October 9, 20142 Peter 3:9The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understandslowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish,but everyone to come to repentance.

October 10, 20142 Peter 3:18Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Tohim be glory both now and forever! Amen.

October 11, 20142 Peter 1:5-7Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness,knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control,perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutualaffection; and to mutual affection, love.

October 12, 2014Ephesians 1:18I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that youmay know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his gloriousinheritance in his holy people

October 13, 2014Ephesians 2:4&5Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alivewith Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you




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October 14, 2014Ephesians 2:8&9For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not fromyourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.

October 15, 2014Ephesians 3:12In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom andconfidence.

October 16, 2014Hosea 6:3Let us acknowledge the Lord;let us press on to acknowledge him.As surely as the sun rises,he will appear;he will come to us like the winter rains,like the spring rains that water the earth.”

October 17, 2014Nehemiah9:6You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, even the highestheavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seasand all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes ofheaven worship you.

October 18, 2014Nehemiah1:5“Lord, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps hiscovenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments"

October 19, 2014Ephesians 3:17b-19And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may havepower, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide andlong and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love thatsurpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all thefullness of God.


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Matthew West is going back to where is all began. He says it's time to make a record togetherhttps://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152462770587809

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Ever wondered what a day in the life of Mercyme looks like?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TerAQn8PLzw

Francesca Battistelli says she loves the local library http://vimeo.com/107108737

The members of the Sidewalk Prophets say last night's concert was a dream come true. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYTW7JnPZEM

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